Passenger Trains > Amtrak video contest winner - really?

http://www.amtraktrainsportationvideocontest.com/

Was that really the best one? I must be getting too old...

Jamie
http://ToShinyRails.com

"I'll get there on time."

"The food is great"

Has this dude every actually taken Amtrak?

altoonafn Wrote:
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> "I'll get there on time."
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> "The food is great"
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> Has this dude every actually taken Amtrak?

Interesting discussion last month:
http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?4,2172902

I don't know about that dude, but this dude has, #6 and #14 last weekend, and I overheard these phrases from passengers while in the diner:

"On time performance has improved."
"The food is better."

I had the Herb Roasted Half Chicken and ate it to the bone, and my favorite, Bison Chipotle Meatloaf was still the dinner special on #6. If not for the HEP problems while trying to detach UP Business Cars Sunset and Stanford at Oakland Jack London Square, #14 would not have been 30 minutes late into Sacramento. #6 was on time on my portion of the trip to Reno, and arrived early into Sacramento, so I got to see it from the I St. & Jibboom St. overpass before I rode it.

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If that is the winner (yuck!), I would hate to see the losers.......

Sad that judges had such poor taste.

That video was so lame. UGH!!

BaltoJoey

Oh wow... That video is awful !! At first it sounded like he was going for a "bob dylan" type of sound with his singing. Then in the middle when the "Vocoder" effect comes in on his voice - well that just takes the cake.

Surely there must have been some better videos submitted.

Tony

EDIT: Went back and watched the 2nd place video and that one was so much better. Well done !



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 05/12/10 11:47 by zuco74.

This was supposed to be a video contest, not a music video contest. Either way, this one should've been thrown out the window. The 2nd Place winner is better on every level.

This was kooky...I've seen better. How do we check out No. 2?

Raillady
West Sacramento, CA

raillady Wrote:
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> This was kooky...I've seen better. How do we
> check out No. 2?
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> Raillady
> West Sacramento, CA

On the right hand side of the 1st place video is a blue box containing both vids. Just click on the 2nd video. A pic of a conductor appears.

Tony

Wow. That was pretty terrible, and I'm 28, so its not an age issue.

- Jeff Carlson

I liked 'em both.
The winner put a lot of work into his concept and execution, taking a chance to do something different.
The runner-up took a more conventional approach, but will well-executed just the same.
Thumbs up for both entries.

Danny Hrmon
Tampa
www.youtube.com/distantsignal