{"id":6692,"date":"2026-04-03T14:28:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T01:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/?p=6692"},"modified":"2026-04-06T16:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T04:36:10","slug":"am661-be-track-smart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/?p=6692","title":{"rendered":"AM661 &#8211; Be Track Smart"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The first of Auckland Transports wrapped trains, AM661, appeared around July 17th 2019. Designed by Flox and Trustme, the wrap incorporates the track safety message &#8220;Look Both Ways&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To quote Flox:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>The artwork here on the train is all about that safety message &#8211; Look both ways So the piece itself is a collab between myself and another artist, Trustme throughout the piece you&#8217;ll notice that there&#8217;s a flock of flying wax-eyes and there&#8217;s a bunch of geometric forms in there as well to really pay homage to the urban versus nature kind of theme and you&#8217;ll notice the different stances that they&#8217;re in, they are actually looking both ways so again it&#8217;s all meant to bring a greater awareness to their safety around the barrier crossing.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The vibrantly colored design features a flock of flying Silvereyes, a small common New Zealand native bird also known as Wax-eye, or by it&#8217;s Maori name Tauhou. This train wraps show the birds in a variety of flying stances looking left and right to portray movement and direction.  Wax-eyes have a distinctive white rings around their eyes which again references the safety message of eyes open, pay attention and look both ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide zoyinc-train-marquee-style zoyinc-train-marquee-train-image has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained has-background\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;background-image:url(&#039;http:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AM578MissionElectricMk2Exportable400x400-Background-Truncated02.jpg&#039;);background-position:50% 0%;background-size:cover;\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4 wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-size:clamp(24.526px, 1.533rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.872), 41px);\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full zoyinc-train-marquee-train-rear-padding-image\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/transparent100x100.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6972\" style=\"object-fit:cover\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large zoyinc-train-marquee-train-image\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AM578MissionElectricMk2Exportable400x400-Train01a.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full zoyinc-train-marquee-train-front-padding-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/transparent100x100.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6972\" style=\"object-fit:cover\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In Flox&#8217;s signature stencil style the design consists of both geometric and organic shapes to show both movement and homage to urban vs nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Designed to attract the attention of pedestrians at level crossings the text message &#8220;Look Both Ways&#8221; emphasizes AT&#8217;s Look Both Ways concept and is part of the wider &#8220;Be Track Smart&#8221; theme. As AT Metro&#8217;s Stacey van der Putten puts it, \u201cWe want to get the message across that two tracks can mean two trains. Our electric trains can travel at speed and are very quiet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Find where AM661 is on the train network<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This train continues to run with the design from Flox and you can find out exactly where it is by looking at the Find My Train page:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/?train_number=661&#038;p=5571\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"812\" height=\"426\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/FindMyTrainAMP661Small_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5631\" style=\"width:316px;height:auto\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/FindMyTrainAMP661Small_01.jpg 812w, http:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/FindMyTrainAMP661Small_01-300x157.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/FindMyTrainAMP661Small_01-250x131.jpg 250w, http:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/FindMyTrainAMP661Small_01-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 812px) 100vw, 812px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><strong>Find My Train &#8211; AM661<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other Flox art<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Flox has done lots of work around the city including the Resene &#8220;kiwi art trail&#8221; outside Britomart where Flox created the &#8220;Floral Mash Up&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Flox_KiwiArtTrail01.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6711\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Flox_KiwiArtTrail01.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Flox_KiwiArtTrail01-300x158.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Flox_KiwiArtTrail01-250x131.jpg 250w, http:\/\/www.zoyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Flox_KiwiArtTrail01-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Associated links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p> <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AD_jY7sVGq8\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"6695\">NZ Train graphics &#8211; Look both ways <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>YouTube video from Auckland Transport featuring Flox along with AT Operations Performance Lead Luke Clarke, and Chris Cordwell AT track infrastructure lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/flox.co.nz\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/flox.co.nz\">Flox website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With her showroom on Great North Road in Grey Lynn this is the Haus of FLOX&#8217;s website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first of Auckland Transports wrapped trains, AM661, appeared around July 17th 2019. Designed by Flox and Trustme, the wrap incorporates the track safety message &#8220;Look Both Ways&#8221;. 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