Re: Train Ads (Vic)

[Daniel Borowski <boffa@NOSPAMaltavista.net>]

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.
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> Daniel
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> Daniel Bowen, Melbourne, Australia
> dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au
> Melbourne public transport FAQ http://www.custard.net.au/melbtrans/
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> "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.. ??,.
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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