Show Us An Ad For Your Favourite Railroad

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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There are some really creative ads for railroads so how about showing us some of your favourites. You-Tube is full of them. I remember this one. There are some really old ones out there.

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I haven’t seen any commercials from the big RRs for quite a while, the ones were the CSX ads.

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Wish I had a couple of Lionel to post…

“That’s real smoke apuffing, that’s a whistle I hear
I’m a Lionel…Engineer!”

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My favorite railroad is the Swiss Rhaetian Railway, a network of narrow gauge lines in the Grison Mountains in easter Switzerland. The Rhaetian Railway runs two name trains of world fame - the Glacier Express, connecting St. Moritz and Zermatt, and the Bernina Express, connecting St. Moritz and Tirano/Italy, via the Bernina Pass.

Right from the beginning, the Rhaetian Railway was an important factor to develop tourism in that rather remote part of Switzerland, so there are quite a number of posters issued throughout the over 125 years they are in business.

Just two as example:

And a more modern one:

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Well, my favorite railroad never had the money, size, or technology to make TV commercials, but my fave current is the CP, and I think this ad is cool.

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BNSF seems to run a few on PBS.

A couple of my favorites:

NYC_Century_xmas_lo by Edmund, on Flickr

Alco_Ad1 by Edmund, on Flickr

Cheers, Ed

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south-island-express by Bear, on Flickr

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4v-NPJ_HW4

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1950s SP Nut
Mel

My Model Railroad
http://melvineperry.blogspot.com/

Bakersfield, California

I’m beginning to realize that aging is not for wimps.

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Almost nothing available for EJ&E in a resolution worth using. Most are like this:

Standard Oil did sing EJ&E’s praises at one point…

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https://i.etsystatic.com/8348439/r/il/31268e/499585187/il_794xN.499585187_d49w.jpg

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Innovation:

GM_T-o-T by Edmund, on Flickr

GM_T-o-T_0003 by Edmund, on Flickr

Luxury:

creek interior crop by Edmund, on Flickr

Patriotism:

PRR_1942-merge-sm by Edmund, on Flickr

Speed:

PRR_TAT by Edmund, on Flickr

Zephyr_0006 by Edmund, on Flickr

Safety and dependability:

Pullman_ad-1943-crop by Edmund, on Flickr

Thank you, Ed

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There are many for The Rock Island, but I enjoy these:

History:

100 years of rock island by John Collins, on Flickr

Pride:

wartime rock by John Collins, on Flickr

Patriotism:

rock island war by John Collins, on Flickr

To all who have served… Thank you.

-John Collins

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