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Frequent poster 647 posts caboose14 Frequent poster 647 posts
caboose14

Just a little more proof that us here in the Pacific Northwest are more than a little train crazy! Check out the latest Washington State Lottery commercial. I like this guy's thinking! 

 

Kevin Klettke CEO, Washington Northern Railroad
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rickwade Prolific poster (deceased) 6,447 posts
rickwade

LOL! Too funny! Kevin, now

LOL! Too funny! Kevin, now I know what I would do if I won the Florida lottery. Thanks for the laugh!

Rick

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RandallG Super User 772 posts
RandallG

I love it. Makes me want to

I love it. Makes me want to buy a ticket .......  rofl.gif 

 

 
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LKandO Prolific poster 3,839 posts
LKandO

Lottery Winner

That's great! If I win the lottery I might just do the same.

Alan

All the details:  http://www.LKOrailroad.com        Just the highlights:  MRH blog

When I was a kid... no wait, I still do that. HO, 28x32, double deck, 1969, RailPro
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reddogpt Regular poster 228 posts
reddogpt

Fantastic!

This is so awesome! It has got to be the next video for MRH's "Derailments" column!

Pete
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Bill Brillinger Moderator 4,905 posts
Bill Brillinger

Love it!

I would *so* do that.

Bill Brillinger

Modeling the BNML in HO Scale, Admin for the RailPro User Group, and owner of Precision Design Co.
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salty4568 Regular poster 165 posts
salty4568

Huh?

Cute - but he's on the wrong side of the cab and just before backing up, he puts the air brakes into Emergency! 

Oh, well ..... still pretty funny. 

 

Skip Luke
Retired Railroader
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DKRickman Prolific poster 3,069 posts
DKRickman

Nit Picking

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Cute - but he's on the wrong side of the cab and just before backing up, he puts the air brakes into Emergency!

I wondered if anybody else noticed that.  I also noticed that there was no air in the brake system when that particular clip was filmed...

He is on the right side, though.  The long hood is the front (a lot of Southern locomotives were set up that way, and still are today), and in one shot you can see the control stand inside.

Ken Rickman

Danville & Western HO modeler and web historian

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kcsphil1 Prolific poster 1,237 posts
kcsphil1

I want to know

whose layout they filmed the opener on?

Philip H. Chief Everything Officer Baton Rouge Southern Railroad, Mount Rainier Div.

"You can't just "Field of Dreams" it... not matter how James Earl Jones your voice is..." ~ my wife

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LKandO Prolific poster 3,839 posts
LKandO

Technically accurate versus conveying a message

Had they made the commercial 100% accurate the details would have been lost on 99.999% of the viewers and may have actually worked against them. Moving the handle in the direction he did suggests to the average public viewer he was putting the train in reverse. While technically inaccurate it better conveys the sequence of events to Joe public. I would be willing to bet a real railroader on the set told them it is wrong but the director/producer decided to do it anyway because he knew his audience.

At least they didn't portray the model railroader with the usual negative connotations so that is a good thing.

Alan

All the details:  http://www.LKOrailroad.com        Just the highlights:  MRH blog

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