Lincoln TV Commercial

Thanks for the heads up, Dan. I don't usually pay attention to commercials but I look forward to seeing this one.

Found it!

CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE SPOT

Nice heads up.I just saw a different commercial with a LGB starter set going around a Christmas tree.Always interesting to see media clips with model trains in them.

And a number of years ago there was this: 

I just watched the commercial and I saw the engine coming out of the tunnel but couldn't make out the cab area. But then later, to me it look like a computer generated engine...............Paul

Big Jim posted:

And a number of years ago there was this: 

A German automobile with an American steam loco ?.....LOL

Thanks Rick, for finding and posting it.

K4s powered commuter...headed for Bay Head Jct.

Dan Padova posted:

Big Jim posted:

And a number of years ago there was this: 

A German automobile with an American steam loco ?.....LOL

Notice what steam locomotive that is. Comparing the "zenith of design and performance" of THAT German automobile to the same "zenith of design and performance" of the N&W Class J, sure seemed logical to me.

I am not a potential Lincoln customer but it is a neat, enjoyable commercial-which is rare !!

I remember dreams like that when I was a tyke.  Except the loco was a Lionel 2036 and the car a '51 Chevy.

Rusty

The loco reminded me of a Broadway Limited K4.

The commercial cought my eye last night watching TV also; my wife said to me "it's a car commercial not a train commercial".

Hi,

There is also a Dunkin Donuts ad on TV with an electric train.

Dick

I'd say that someone at Lincoln likes trains. This is a nice spot.

It sure beats Matthew McConaughey driving around talking to himself and falling into swimming pools in his tuxedo.

But maybe I'm biased.  

Steven J. Serenska

Serenska posted:

It sure beats Matthew McConaughey driving around talking to himself and falling into swimming pools in his tuxedo.

But maybe I'm biased.  

Steven J. Serenska

 

I agree 100%. Those are stupid commercials, especially the one where he falls into the pool.

Caught my eye.  Great commercial.

Our son-in-law serves as a DP (director of photography) on many commercials ... I'll have to ask him about the technical details.

As a little BTW about RR's and unexpected references, I was watching a Barret-Jackson auction a couple of days ago (I had DVD'd it from a week or two ago) and they were discussing the Studebaker on the block, and made the usual Raymond Loewy styling comments (they failed to mention the Virgil Exner contribution), and one of the guys (Mike Joy, maybe?) said something like: "Loewy also did work in other fields, such as the famous Pennsy GG1 electric locomotive" (roughly).

Not something I expected to hear in that environment - and he said it with an air of actual knowledge. Closet rail fan, maybe...? 

I usually can't stand all the relentless car commercials.  But after this election season, they're a breath of fresh air.  Especially the Christmas themed commercials. 

I haven't seen this PRR commercial.  I did see a commercial last night in which a girl was riding in a moving boxcar with the door open, kind of like a hobo.  The commercial goes back and forth between the girl in the boxcar and a girl passenger in an automobile traveling parallel to the train.  At the end the girl is definitely in the automobile and the open door of the boxcar no longer has a girl sitting in it.  I am guessing it was for a Lincoln but did not notice the car much.  Advertisers for washing machines, cars, carpet, etc. should not try to reach me with a train in the ad.  I just sit there and admire the train and forget what the commercial was about.

P.S. nothing changes my TV channel quicker than Matthew McConohayhayhay.

Ha, I forget what most commercials are trying to sell.  I'm a commercial watcher.  At least I used to be until the drug companies took over the airways.  A few weeks ago we were in England.  Not a single commercial for drugs over there or anywhere in Europe I understand.  

There have been some great TV ads over the years.  A few have stuck in my head.  Speech, spicy meatball for instance.  It's not fun to fool mother nature, and one of the best was the Budweiser frog commercials.  One more I just thought of had a guy and his dog sitting on the front steps of his house.  The guy is talking about what, I cannot recall.  The dog answers, "What are you talking to me for, I'm a dog".  

Very cool, I am ready to sell my Ford 150 and move up. 

Gary

Here is a new commercial with a G scale train in it.Barely shows the train,but it is there.I love seeing toy trains in the media.

Wow, you have to be quick to catch that train.

Ranger Rick posted:

Found it!

CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE SPOT

 

Thank you, Ranger Rick. That was nice to see.

And Thank You, Dan Padova, for posting this thread.

FrankM.

Just one more way to watch this video. 

Source: Detroit Free Press / Hope it plays, lets find out.....

Gary

It is a Broadway Limited K4.  

trainroomgary posted:

Very cool, I am ready to sell my Ford 150 and move up. 

A long-term owner of both Ford F150's and Lincoln vehicles, I swear it's not a move up unless yours is a basic work truck.

What, me worry?

Nice ad - good eye spotting all that detail!  

On another note, what's up with Lincoln now jumping on the bandwagon of taking styling queues from Audi?  Isn't it enough that most Japanese cars are generally a copy of some other car's style?  Yikes!   I too watch those Barrett-Jackson (and Mecuum) auctions and it wasn't all that long ago where you could tell cars apart by their different styles.