Re: Earn Big Bucks for #315 with a Coors commercial ... 
| July 21, 2012 12:21PM |
Russo Loco Wrote:
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> Jeff Ramsey Wrote:
> ========================================
> > ... In the corporate world could
> > a "sponsor" be sought?
>
>
> Just what I was thinking, Jeff -
>
> IIRC, D&RGW #473 was first painted "bumblebee" for
> a Reingold beer commercial, so IMHO the DRHS
> should approach Coors with the idea of sheathing
> #315 in bright stainless steel - with a bullet
> nose, skyline casing and skirts à là
> N&W #611 - and having her burst out of the west
> portal of Toltec Tunnel #2 (aka 'Rock Tunnel') on
> the C&TS* through a big snowdrift during the
> afternoon 'golden hour' of a brisk winter day ...
> **
>
> - Der
> AufgewechteRöstfreiStählGepänzertDa
> mpfKesselMantelLiebHaber
>
> * Sorry to bring up the C&TS again, youse
> guys - but neither the D&SNG nor the SVRy has a
> tunnel ...
>
> ** Such a commercial would be in direct and
> arrogant contradiction to the well-known fact that
> Fizzy Yellow Beer is for Foamers!
>
Russ...interesting you bring up the Coors train. Several years ago some guy contacted me, as he was going to be in charge of designing this train for Coors commercial. He wanted something futuristic, and asked my advice. I suggested N&W 611 and 4449 as two examples. He was going to some local establishment to get videos on both. I never heard from him again, but I think he used a little of the 611 idea in his final design. Of course it really doesn't look like anything that was reality, but it sells beer I guess!!
Greg
=======================================================
> Jeff Ramsey Wrote:
> ========================================
> > ... In the corporate world could
> > a "sponsor" be sought?
>
>
> Just what I was thinking, Jeff -
>
> IIRC, D&RGW #473 was first painted "bumblebee" for
> a Reingold beer commercial, so IMHO the DRHS
> should approach Coors with the idea of sheathing
> #315 in bright stainless steel - with a bullet
> nose, skyline casing and skirts à là
> N&W #611 - and having her burst out of the west
> portal of Toltec Tunnel #2 (aka 'Rock Tunnel') on
> the C&TS* through a big snowdrift during the
> afternoon 'golden hour' of a brisk winter day ...
> **
>
> - Der
> AufgewechteRöstfreiStählGepänzertDa
> mpfKesselMantelLiebHaber
>
> * Sorry to bring up the C&TS again, youse
> guys - but neither the D&SNG nor the SVRy has a
> tunnel ...
>
> ** Such a commercial would be in direct and
> arrogant contradiction to the well-known fact that
> Fizzy Yellow Beer is for Foamers!
>
Russ...interesting you bring up the Coors train. Several years ago some guy contacted me, as he was going to be in charge of designing this train for Coors commercial. He wanted something futuristic, and asked my advice. I suggested N&W 611 and 4449 as two examples. He was going to some local establishment to get videos on both. I never heard from him again, but I think he used a little of the 611 idea in his final design. Of course it really doesn't look like anything that was reality, but it sells beer I guess!!
Greg
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