VERY FUNNY!
PBenham wrote:Before I saw the commercial and the related material I thought the MRS referred to was the Manufacturers Ry. in St. Louis, which is a switching operation (still?) owned by Anheuser-Busch.
MRS is still owned by A-B and is still in operation.
I WATCHED STATED COMMERCIAL AND FOUND KIND OF NEAT.THE COOL THING ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL WAS THE SINGING THE LINE ''YOU TAKE MY BREATH AWAY''SOUNDS AWFULLY FAMILIAR,I BELIVE IT IS INCLUDED IN THE TOP GUN SOUNDTRACK TO WHICH I HAVE THE DVD STARRING TOM CRUISE.
Stop with the "Top Gun" references please...
Quinton Tarantino completely ruined that movie for me...I can't watch or hear any of it with a straight face anymore.
Have fun with your trains
Very interesting commercial, but I have to agree the song is so linked to Top Gun it's hard not to think of it.
Also, someone has their scales wrong. An aircraft catapult snaps those puppys off at a lot more than 140 kph, more like mph.
And, the final report on the Cajon accident listed several causes for the accident, basically, the train never had adequate total breaking power (train, loco and dynamic) for the speed it was allowed to travel. As a result, the allowable speeds on grades vs tonnage were changed rather significantly downward.
That was a neet commercial.
The music just does not make it with out, Kelly Mc Gillis sitting on a bike behind me or me looking into her eyes.
Excellent. America hard at work, and proud of it. Thank you, Trolley Dodger.
Twelve cylinders? You call those twelve cylinders? Now, here are twelve real cylinders:
http://people.bath.ac.uk/ccsshb/12cyl/
Scott - Dispatcher, Norfolk Southern
MichaelSol wrote: A top notch ad and a top notch effort.Reminds me of old railroad promotional movies, Milwaukee Road's 1947 "A Railroad at Work" and BN's 1970 award winner, "Portrait of a Railroad."
A top notch ad and a top notch effort.
Reminds me of old railroad promotional movies, Milwaukee Road's 1947 "A Railroad at Work" and BN's 1970 award winner, "Portrait of a Railroad."
I agree , it makes railroading look cool again !!
Mechanical Department "No no that's fine shove that 20 pound set all around the yard... those shoes aren't hell and a half to change..."
The Missabe Road: Safety First
I have a problem with this comercial...
1. The actor that portrays the GE Erie worker is not a real worker but a actor.
2. The Actor that plays the GE Worker is too convincing and has a huge Beer Gut(What is GE trying to say about its workers in Erie?
3. The Brazilin Railroad workers DONT HAVE THERE SAFTEY GLASSES! but the American Railroad workers do.
4. In addition to the big behomouths what is GE making for the rest of us? As in small switchers for grain elevators,junk yards and short lines?
"...talk to me Goose..."
Dan
WOW !
CNW 6000 wrote:Cute idea for a commercial...but that song makes me think of "Top Gun". I'd love to see the size of the catapult that gets one of those beasts up to 140 kph!
Not the loco in the commercial, but the downgrade track through Cajon Pass did a pretty good job with an ore train several years back. The train got away, the helper engineer threw emergency air and the wheels locked up. By the time the Big Steel Toboggan reached the bottom it was sliding along at close to 100 MPH when the inevitable happened!
To add insult to injury, the contractor hired to recover the ore dug into a gasoline pipeline...
Chuck (modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)
Yes, Brazil..
Pedro has a few hundred photos he might share!
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Brooklyn Trolley Dodger wrote: > http://216.128.12.36/video/gecommercial.wmvAnd even does the making of it!Now where is MRS railroad?
> http://216.128.12.36/video/gecommercial.wmv
And even does the making of it!
Now where is MRS railroad?
I believe MRS is in Brazil. Pedro might pop in here and verify that.
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