This might have been posted before.
Enjoy Brad
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Yeah Brad, I just noticed it on the internet too. Really something isn't it. Excited for sure.
Ken
Gives new meaning to "over the top." 
Someone should put him trackside when 3985 rolls by at speed and have paramedics standing by. Brings new meaning to the term "foamer".
Good grief!!!!
Wonder if he has discovered sex yet?
Originally Posted by Hot Water:
Good grief!!!!
Wonder if he has discovered sex yet?
Leave it to ol' HOT to ask the question we all wonder about!
My guess is - No . . . But when he does I hope someone has a recording device nearby . . .
EdKing
Reminds me of a number of railfans... um.... buffs, I know.
Originally Posted by Hot Water:
Good grief!!!!
Wonder if he has discovered sex yet?
I believe he discovered it when he saw those two locomotives...or at least as close as he's apt to get to the experience.
Dear god man! Really?......Well I guess it was good for him.....
This was obviously staged and copied from the "Heritage Unit" guy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhYXNwvcl6A
CN_Hogger
Wow, you're right.
Sad, both times.
Nope, they were both copied from the "Thomas the Tank Engine" guy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...yer_detailpage#t=55s
And you wonder why those of us who work on the real thing don't like foamers...
This guy really needs to get a life. Good grief.
Originally Posted by Hot Water:
Good grief!!!!
Wonder if he has discovered sex yet?
I don't think he ever will.
Originally Posted by techie:
Originally Posted by Hot Water:
Good grief!!!!
Wonder if he has discovered sex yet?
I don't think he ever will.
Well, the reason the camera was so shaky, he was only holding the camera with one hand.
Actually, it is a "fake" in a way. Excited Train Guy is actually the General Manager of the railroad being portrayed. Between all the radio, internet and tv coverage this has been recieving, they've gotten THOUSANDS of dollars in free advertising.
Originally Posted by Dave Crosby:
Actually, it is a "fake" in a way. Excited Train Guy is actually the General Manager of the railroad being portrayed. Between all the radio, internet and tv coverage this has been recieving, they've gotten THOUSANDS of dollars in free advertising.
Correct - here is the link to the CNN report on this:
Somebody forgot to inform ABC News that the video was staged. They ran the thing on Good Morning America this morning, and made no reference to the video's true heritage. Really illustrates how you have to be VERY careful about believing anything you read or see on the Internet.
Staged or not I bet Tosh.O will be making fun of it this Tuesday.
The original was bad enough, but at least the emotion there was genuine.
The fact that someone thought it would be clever to copy it with fake foam, well...
Don't quit your day job.
Rusty
I hope he gets a cab ride, and they will need a defibrillator handy.
If this were for real, I'd agree with a poster on one of the sites who basically said, "Wait until he discovers girls."
I'm glad people have acknowledged it's just a parody of the UP Heritage unit guy. At times you could almost tell the New York guy is reading off a script.
In the original non-faked video, when the diesel blew its horn I think the guy soiled his pants with a slightly more viscous liquid than urine...
Anybody think the original guy exaggerated for effect? After all, would we even be talking about this if he had posted another lame railfan video* ?
*like this
