Re: [speeders] Cadillac vs Trains

[Guy Lynn <glynn1@cox.net>]

Dear All,

Au contrar,  it was Federal agents arresting the train crews for 
stopping in the middle of nowhere.  That or the place the trains were 
stopped was the equivalent of the Bermuda Triangle for train crews.

Actually it is a top secret plot on GM's part to attempt to sell 
Cadillac Escalades to the train crews and in part cross marketing EMD 
used locomotives to Escalade owners in an attempt to increase the need 
by the main line roads for more motive power so as to increase 
prepurchasing of future models (GP-100s?) ;-)    Yeah right!!!

If it even looks like racing the train then Operation Lifesaver ought to 
have already sic'ed their legal beagles on GM for putting up that type 
of commercial.  'nuf said.

Yours,
Caboose
Norman, Oklahoma

PISKOR Ronald wrote:

>The guys in the cadillac are railfan photographers that just got done
>photographing one of the approaching trains. They were speeding away so as
>to not get picked up by railroad cops for trespassing or being linked to
>some terrorist network using western looking operatives.Welcome to life on
>heightened alert!
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Patrice [mailto:patricew@pacbell.net]
>Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 4:30 AM
>To: speeders@lists.cirr.com
>Subject: [speeders] Cadillac vs Trains
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>This doesn't have to do with speeders directly, but I know we all want to
>encourage the public to behave safely around trains and railroad tracks.
>
>I saw a commercial on TV last night that I thought was disgusting. It showed
>two engineers in their trains heading toward a crossing, then a car off in
>the distance, back to the engineers, and then a close-up of the Cadillac
>Escalade heading for the crossing. The next scene shows the car off in the
>distance and the two trains going through the crossing. There were no gates,
>I don't remember seeing any signals, and this is a lonely road out in the
>middle of nowhere, but I don't think any of that matters. Am I wrong here,
>or is this a commercial that should be pulled immediately? It encourages
>trying to beat the train at a crossing and I was shocked when I saw it. If
>enough of us contact Cadillac/GM, maybe they'll pull the commercial.
>
>Patrice Warren
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