Re: Train Ads (Vic)

["Andrew" <anddee@hotmail.com>]

I remember then when i was going to uni during 1997, used to be run by
Locomotion (had a little train moving along the screen), I remember no adds,
just news headlines, and some really bad jokes.


"Daniel Borowski" <boffa@NOSPAMaltavista.net> wrote in message
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> in article F5Eu6.19215$992.116500@news-server.bigpond.net.au, Daniel Bowen
> at dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au wrote on 23/03/01 7:48 PM:
>
> > From memory the company that did them was called Locomotion. The only ad
I
> > remember seeing on them was for Piccadilly Coats, somewhere in
Collingwood.
> >
> >
> > Daniel
> > --
> > Daniel Bowen, Melbourne, Australia
> > dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au
> > Melbourne public transport FAQ http://www.custard.net.au/melbtrans/
> >
> >
> > "John Elliott" <jae3806@usa.net> wrote in message
> > WbDu6.1726$45.8317@newsfeeds.bigpond.com">news:WbDu6.1726$45.8317@newsfeeds.bigpond.com...
> >> Anybody know the history behind the train-ads display at the end of
> >> carriages (Pakenham line rear carriages ?). Think they have been around
> > for
> >> about 10 years, but I have never seen any adds on them except for the
add
> >> that says if you advertise via this medium you will reach a 'Million
> > people"
> >> Yeah Right  :-).  My guess the company that invented them when broke a
> > long
> >> time ago.. ??,.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
> The ambulance service advertised for jobs I believe, they also ran quizes
> and weather updates for a few months until they appeared to run out of
> energy to update them.  They certainly haven't been around for a decade,
> five years absolute max.
>
> Daniel
>