Cool Russian Railways Commercial

boilerwash · **Posted:** Sat Mar 23, 2013 3:20 pm

A stylized animation of a short history of russian railways to celebrate the 175th anniversary of railways being in the country.

http://www.cartoonbrew.com/advertising/ ... 79693.html

I think the whole undersea tube train at the very end is a little optomistic but otherwise it's cool.

J3a-614 · **Posted:** Sat Mar 23, 2013 3:35 pm

Should this have been in "Railfanning?" :-)

Great ad, though; I couldn't help but think of American parallels--i.e., the "Vulcan" giant could have been Paul Bunyan, particularly in the logging scenes, and the whole theme of opening up a new country. . .

Thanks for sharing.

railfan44 · **Posted:** Sat Mar 23, 2013 4:49 pm

WOW! Never seen anything close to this artistic from the US Railroad Industry or AAR!

J3a-614 · **Posted:** Mon Apr 22, 2013 12:45 am

Ran across this--a live action version of that ad:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=e ... lRnVE&NR=1

Les Beckman · **Joined:** Tue Aug 02, 2005 1:25 pm **Posts:** 6482

All I can say is.....WOW!

Trolleyguy · **Posted:** Mon Apr 22, 2013 7:23 pm

Trains and beautiful women. What else could you ask for?

PaulWWoodring · **Posted:** Tue Apr 23, 2013 9:35 am

A Russian Phoebe Snow.

wilkinsd · **Posted:** Tue Apr 23, 2013 11:46 am

J3a-614 wrote:

Ran across this--a live action version of that ad:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=e ... lRnVE&NR=1

I've never seen labor, being transported to a Stalin-era dam construction project look so happy.

David W.
Five Year Plans and New Deals, MO

p51 · **Posted:** Tue Apr 23, 2013 1:07 pm

Even being straffed by Stukas and being on a WW2 hospital train looked pretty fun in that commerical...

Dave · **Posted:** Tue Apr 23, 2013 2:00 pm

How close are we to 200? I suppose it depends on what you use as a starting point.....I've already avoided the granite carrying grooves in stons stuff from the 1700s.......Do we start with the D&H, B&O or what?

dave