Friday, November 30, 2012

Vintage train coach, refurbished, at Oshawa rail yards

I'm a history nerd. I like old shit.
When I was little, I used to harass the neighbourhood kids and my sisters to play "olden days" with me.
I always lived in 1801 and had a horse and carriage with candle-lit lanterns. This kid, Alex, always had to be fucking Superman bringing it like it was 1988 even though I would yell at him that there was no Superman in the "olden days".
Then, years later, this stupid Heritage Minute commercial showed up on the CBC one night about Joe Shuster running towards a train, JUST LIKE THE ONE I SAW THIS MORNING, carrying a drawing of a dude in tights who was faster than a bullet.
Friggen Alex, he never shut up about it. The 1930s were hardly the "olden days", but that damn commercial and its really old train coach didn't help. He still thought it was the 1800s when Superman was "invented".

2 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 30, 2012 at 10:00 AM

    haha reminds me of this guy:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lutNECOZFw

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  2. Dan-1December 1, 2012 at 4:07 AM

    This link might help explain a bit more about why this particular vintage passenger car was out:

    Mother Parker's private car Pacific on tour.

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