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[seems possible (grove tree-style plantings along ROW?]
Railroad name?
[judging from the single steel-side door openings, the cars might be past their regular, mandated lives, Tourist railroad, seems plausable?] Which one?
Yreka Western is apparently, now toes up???
samfp1943 Railroad name? [judging from the single steel-side door openings, the cars might be past their regular, mandated lives, Tourist railroad, seems plausable?] Which one? Yreka Western is apparently, now toes up???
Maybe Sierra Railroad, the silver color boxcars look like the old ones from the Port Chicago Naval Weapons Station, although how they got to where the commercial was shot (where ever that was) would be the big question.
Fillmore and Western? They do a lot of shoots, and the Alco at :48 seconds sure does look like their S6 1059.
OWTXFillmore and Western
Yes. I like your answer better. The citrus orchard in the aerial shot at 0:25 could be in the Fillmore/Santa Paula area.
That's not an ad for a Subaru, that's an ad for going by train !
And how it's even better and more spacious than a small car (I own a 2001 Outback, so I know and can say that).
One of the comments says the Fillmore & Western, too.
Wonder which ad agency thought this one up ??
- Paul North.
Paul_D_North_JrThat's not an ad for a Subaru, that's an ad for going by train !
Sounds like they'd rather ride some dirty and rusty broke-butt boxcar than their subaru?
It's been fun. But it isn't much fun anymore. Signing off for now.
The opinions expressed here represent my own and not those of my employer, any other railroad, company, or person.t fun any
Paul_D_North_Jr Wonder which ad agency thought this one up ??
http://www.advertolog.com/subaru/adverts/boxcar-21509760/
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/281753/subaru-showcases-outbacks-adventurous-spirit.html
OWTX Fillmore and Western? They do a lot of shoots, and the Alco at :48 seconds sure does look like their S6 1059.
Indeed it does!
EDIT: The bridge that the train is going over looks to be the F&W bridge over Sespe Creek along Old Telegraph Road.
The aerial shot appears to depict guacamole plantations.
ChuckCobleigh OWTX Fillmore and Western? They do a lot of shoots, and the Alco at :48 seconds sure does look like their S6 1059. Indeed it does! EDIT: The bridge that the train is going over looks to be the F&W bridge over Sespe Creek along Old Telegraph Road. The aerial shot appears to depict guacamole plantations.
I thouht Avacados were the plant material that was manufactured into guacamole?
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
BaltACD ChuckCobleigh OWTX Fillmore and Western? They do a lot of shoots, and the Alco at :48 seconds sure does look like their S6 1059. Indeed it does! EDIT: The bridge that the train is going over looks to be the F&W bridge over Sespe Creek along Old Telegraph Road. The aerial shot appears to depict guacamole plantations. I thouht Avacados were the plant material that was manufactured into guacamole?
They genetically engineered the trees to grow guacamole in jars.
"No soup for you!" - Yev Kassem (from Seinfeld)
Saw this stupid thing on TV last eve for the first time. Has nobody else noticed that, at the end, the car JUST beats the train to the crossing? This ad is really selling death and dismemberment.
Also, any American who drives Japanese ought to rethink his life. Ford is pulling out of Japan after wearying of beating its head against discriminatory government policies. Whereas one in three cars sold in the U.S. is Japanese, the Big Three together owns exactly one-third of 1 percent of the Japanese market.
Japanese cars made in the U.S. are cold comfort. The profits still go overseas.
Whoops! That's a big Gilda Radner ("Never mind") on me.
I'll stand by the remaining sentiments.
Not a crossing, but it does appear that they had been driving in the ditch. Maybe the driver was texting.
I've seen the commercial, it's well done, but I'm not sure I like that "hoppin' a boxcar" fantasy. That's not a safe way to ride a train, by any means.
The tacit endorsement of doing so makes me a bit uneasy.
Firelock76I've seen the commercial, it's well done, but I'm not sure I like that "hoppin' a boxcar" fantasy. That's not a safe way to ride a train, by any means. The tacit endorsement of doing so makes me a bit uneasy.
This is maybe a little different because it's only a daydream, and in the end, they're in the Subaru, not the boxcar. (That isn't much of a distinction, I know . . . )
The old "bust-up" boxcar and the whole train are presented as being "very cool" ..like a real beat up leather jacket or ripped jeans. My Director comes into work in these cool fashion statements all the time. I can only laugh to myself.
Firelock76 is right on the money...For years and years I've seen TV ads biographies, town depictions, you name it with people walking down the middle of the ties between the rails...It is totally irresponsible and a very bad way of trying to depict "coolness". I really have no idea why they do this over and over but I quess that's the railfan in me. I'm sure railroad exec's, safety people and workers must wonder what more they have to do.
Only thing it reminded me of was the old 70's movie Boxcar Bertha, with David Carradine and a naked Barbara Hershey.
I can't recall the last time I saw a door open on a boxcar on a train. Really don't see that many boxcars anymore come to think of it.
Several months ago I found an online article talking about some sort of 15 minute workout. The model was photographed doing the exercises in the middle of railroad tracks. The rails were heavy duty mainline, very shiny, obviously heavily used. I forwarded the ad to the National Operation Lifesaver Headquarters in DC. They replied to me about a week later saying that I was right to report it and that they had contacted the people who did the article and balled them out for doing such an irresponsible act.
Excerpt from Trains, May 2013
It's easy to see why this 29-mile railroad, headquartered in Fillmore, Calif., is so appealing. Its right-of-way slices through rural "it could be anywhere" scenery and visits towns that could pass for "Anyplace, U.S.A." With its variety of modern and historic railroad equipment, and a savvy management team that understands the needs of the motion picture industry, the Fillmore & Western has become a go-to property since the mid-1990s for Hollywood moviemakers when they need a railroad…
None of this would have been possible if two railroad entrepreneurs, Stan Garner and Bill Oden, hadn't started a company named Short Line Enterprises in 1967. The firm began buying, selling, and trading locomotives and rolling stock, mostly 19th-century pieces of equipment acquired from movie studios. In addition to restoring them to operating condition, the company branched out into the motion picture business. Fast-forward to 1985, when Jim Clark joined the company after Oden's death. The business put out its shingle at Newhall Ranch, just north of Los Angeles, leasing a portion of Southern Pacific's unused Santa Paula Branch. The branch ran east-west across Ventura County, connecting SP's Coast Line at Montalvo with its Tehachapi route at Saugus. The Newhall Ranch location placed Short Line Enterprises within the studio zone, the 30-mile zone (or "TMZ") radiating from Hollywood that entertainment industry unions use to determine rates and rules for their workers. (Studio rates are usually lower inside the zone.) Over the next five years, Short Line Enterprises equipment appeared in more than 70 films, television series, and commercials. But in 1990, the company's land owner decided to develop the surrounding area and canceled the track lease.
After considering several options for relocation, the company ultimately leased another segment of the Santa Paula Branch in 1992, between Santa Paula and Piru, just outside the studio zone. Southern Pacific sold the branch in 1996 to the Ventura County Transportation Commission, but retained operating rights between Montalvo and Santa Paula. Union Pacific inherited those rights with its 1996 acquisition of Southern Pacific, then transferred them to the Fillmore & Western in 2001. (UP also abandoned the branch's eastern leg between Piru and Saugus, through Newhall Ranch, in 1996.) Today, Fillmore & Western runs the entire branch, interchanging with UP at Montalvo on the Coast Line.
Dave Wilkinson first got involved with Short Line Enterprises in the early 1990s. He grew up riding along with the train crew on SP's now-abandoned Ojai Branch once or twice a week as a teenager—an experience that fueled a lifelong desire to do something with trains. Wilkinson remembers sitting in a restaurant with Garner and Clark just after they had relocated the business. That's when they chose the name Fillmore & Western for the new railroad operation, since the city of Fillmore was eager to have them there. (Wilkinson says they briefly toyed with the name Piru & Pacific, but nixed the idea when they realized it would be nicknamed "the PP Route.") In 1996, Wilkinson offered Garner and Clark slightly more than $500,000 for the operation and assets. He bought it as Short Line Enterprises, then changed the corporate name to Fillmore & Western.
BLS53 Only thing it reminded me of was the old 70's movie Boxcar Bertha, with David Carradine and a naked Barbara Hershey. I can't recall the last time I saw a door open on a boxcar on a train. Really don't see that many boxcars anymore come to think of it.
I still see plenty of boxcars on CSX's old RF&P mainline running through Richmond. Can't speak for the rest of the country but they don't seem to be an endangered species around here. And yes, occasionally I do see one with an open door.
When I worked for U.P. 50 years ago, there was a policy against open boxcar empties. The idea was to discourage "illegal train riding" -- U.P.'s name for the offense -- and must have cost them a lot of resources. You seldom saw an open boxcar.
My occasional excursions into U.P. territory these days show a definite loosening of that old policy. Of course, both boxcars and train hopping have fallen off from the old days. I haven't seen any legs sticking out of open boxcar doors, either.
Firelock76 I've seen the commercial, it's well done, but I'm not sure I like that "hoppin' a boxcar" fantasy. That's not a safe way to ride a train, by any means. The tacit endorsement of doing so makes me a bit uneasy.
The forum administrators can rest easy. I don't think a bunch of men who are eligible to join AARP are much interested in hopping freight trains or are very influenced by forum topics that might "glorify" hoboing.
We old railfans ought to be glad that anyone else still cares about trains at all, let alone fantasizing about them. As Mae West said, "It's better to be looked over than over-looked."
And leave it to Subaru to have a big dog riding along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=splA4c8iA6I&list=PLfUeonP5HU4rj0gIvQMA0Hq2kCHEZvdoK
dakotafredWhen I worked for U.P. 50 years ago, there was a policy against open boxcar empties. The idea was to discourage "illegal train riding" -- U.P.'s name for the offense -- and must have cost them a lot of resources. You seldom saw an open boxcar
During my misspent youth, I rode UP boxcars, because it was fun. Pissing off old men in fly over country has just become icing on the cake.
BLS53naked Barbara Hershey.
Back then you noticed "naked Barbary Hershey", now you're more interested in what type of engine is pulling the train. Just kidding! Just kidding.
ericspThey genetically engineered the trees to grow guacamole in jars.
Same as the genetically engineered tortilla chip bushes next door.
I rather enjoyed the commercial showing the car full of dogs--especially when they reacted to the mail truck.
I'm too old to ride the rods now, so I have great difficulty getting to two places I like to visit. At leastGreyhound still has service to one of them--but the other, which used to have five or six buses each way every day now has none; I have to depend upon a friened to drive fity plus miles to meet me.
Johnny
Firelock76 BLS53 Only thing it reminded me of was the old 70's movie Boxcar Bertha, with David Carradine and a naked Barbara Hershey. I can't recall the last time I saw a door open on a boxcar on a train. Really don't see that many boxcars anymore come to think of it. I still see plenty of boxcars on CSX's old RF&P mainline running through Richmond. Can't speak for the rest of the country but they don't seem to be an endangered species around here. And yes, occasionally I do see one with an open door.
I'm on the Ohio River, with four rail-barge terminals within 25 miles. Unit coal and grain rule the day. Probably why I'm not seeing boxcars.
Where is Operation Lifesaver when you need them. AAR should be outraged Outraged and should be asking Suberu to pull this commercial.
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