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Gerbiling!
Posted by CandOforprogress2 on Thursday, July 7, 2016 9:39 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F84XxSLjsIY  put on by the" AD council" which is the taxpayer supported Federal goverment propaganda machine. While they are at it they could use the AD council to promote Public Transit usage by people as well.

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Posted by Firelock76 on Thursday, July 7, 2016 6:27 PM

I liked that commercial, it's kinda cute!

At any rate, I can't complain about the message.

And who knows, it just MIGHT spike an interest in model railroading!

C&O, you should forward that video to the "Model Railroading" and "Classic Toy Trains" Forums!  I'm sure they'll get a kick out of it.

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Posted by locomutt on Thursday, July 7, 2016 7:28 PM

It's a PSA designed to promote young children to brush their teeth for 2 minutes or longer.........

(Firelock & others, it is one of the Better commercials ever produced.......)

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Posted by ouibejamn on Thursday, July 7, 2016 7:32 PM

I for one am shocked (shocked I tell you), those rodents are clearly part of a gubmint propaganda conspiracy.  Next thing you known they'll try to make our children eat vegetables (horrors!). Kinda cute though.

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Posted by tree68 on Thursday, July 7, 2016 8:16 PM

I want to see the "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" video - done with trains.  

(It's for washing your hands.)

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Posted by locomutt on Thursday, July 7, 2016 9:37 PM

Tree68, that's a good commercial also, and would be quite nice to see with Trains; but I just don't see the people that do commercials showing others how to do a "Wash Out" signal/sign with their hands..........

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Posted by mudchicken on Friday, July 8, 2016 1:05 PM

and gerbils don't start grade crossing collisions, have inspection issues with screws in tie plates or have cornfield meets...

Mudchicken Nothing is worth taking the risk of losing a life over. Come home tonight in the same condition that you left home this morning in. Safety begins with ME.... cinscocom-west
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Posted by NorthWest on Friday, July 8, 2016 1:20 PM

...but apparently do have issues with graffiti, even in the steam era...

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Posted by CandOforprogress2 on Friday, July 8, 2016 4:01 PM

Where any Gerbils hurt in the making of this commercial ? Lionel Trains are heavy and with the little rodents running in and out of the line of fire I wonder how many got smooshed. On a scale level Lionel Trains are as heavy as the real thing.

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Posted by Firelock76 on Friday, July 8, 2016 5:29 PM

NorthWest

...but apparently do have issues with graffiti, even in the steam era...

 

Any idea what a railroad "bull" back in the steam era would have done to a graffitti "artist?"

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Posted by SALfan on Friday, July 8, 2016 9:25 PM

Firelock76
 
NorthWest

...but apparently do have issues with graffiti, even in the steam era...

 

 

 

Any idea what a railroad "bull" back in the steam era would have done to a graffitti "artist?"

 

I can just imagine that the old-time railroad bull would have been very "convincing" while "counseling" the miscreant.

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