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ICHABOD
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ICHABOD, also known as ICH, ICHOR or simply by a signature skull image; and also referred to as the Freight God, Freight Fiend and FREIGHT RAPIST is a prolific freight train graffiti artist in the United States. He began writing tags in the early 1990's and has remained one of the most well known and celebrated underground writers ever since. Despite his underground fame , ICHABOD has never come into the mainstream and claimed fame from his work and his identity remains unknown. History Little is known about ICHABOD's life. He was a railfan in his early life before he knew about or was interested in writing graffiti. Whilst illegally visiting train stations and rail yards to watch trains as a hobby, he used to make fireworks and explosives out of abandoned flares. When walking around yards he became aware of the idea that tags made on freight trains would travel around the whole country and would be visible to millions of people. Signature ICHABOD is most well known by his signature tag. I C H written tick-tock on the lower-middle of freight train cars, accompanied by a skeleton figure holding an index finger up. When bombed fully, the name ICHABOD is written fully tick-tocked over a whole car without a character. Though this is his most common design, ICHABOD has also thrown up bubble tags, character-only tags and occasionally photo-realistic pictures. Although the vast majority of his work is on train cars, ICHABOD has pieces on walls and bridges, often in unconventional styles. ICHABOD is a member of the prolific graffiti crew YME (Year-round Metal Enjoyment) and was shortly featured in a documentary of the crew. Skull Cliff In 2001, ICHABOD laboriously covered an entire man-made quarry rock face with skulls and bones in Lynnfield, Massachusetts. Colloquially dubbed 'Skull Cliff', the unofficial landmark has attracted widespread fame and has become a landmark of the local area, even appearing in the Atlas Obscura, as well as being the top Google Maps landmark for the area. The art piece is emblazoned with the tag - "TAKE THE KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU WILL SOMEDAY BE THESE BONES AND ENJOY NOW ALL THAT IS PRECIOUS. ICHABOD. YME.. 2001. It has become a popular photographic spot and local geocache location. Rail Culture Despite his illegal art, ICHABOD has become a well known figure in the model railway fan culture. His graffiti-tagged railway freight train cars have become so well known that model replicas of them are now sold to railway collectors. 
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