DSC08020 - Daryl's railroad tattoo (San Francisco)

The structure formed when two rails are crossing is called a frog (in french, it's called "coeur de croisement").

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Daryl's amazing railroad tattoo (San Francisco)

Train tracks, switches and tunnels cover his entire body, front and back, from head to toes (litterally), in a perfectly symetrical and seamless pattern. He designed the tattoo and said it took 200 hours of work to realise the work.

Daryl spent many years of his life "freight train hopping", which involves countless days of walking long miles along desert tracks.

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rodolphejo71 says:

vraiment tres original .......... beau travail .
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

Frozen Coffee says:

Amazing tattoos, not for someone who might change their mind about it later!

I'm afraid you're mistaken about the meaning of "frog": It is where two *rails* cross (not tracks, i.e. pairs of rails). So, we can say we're seeing four frogs in this picture. However, I'm uncertain whether the term is used about simple track crossings like this one, but rather about the track crossing in a switch/turnout. There, it is also the "heart" of the turnout, which gave its French and German (Hertzstück) names.
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

loupiote (Old Skool) says:

thanks for the precision regarding the definition of "rail frog". i have corrected my note on the photo.
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

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