New specsavers add

[Westcorkrailway]

Was watching the telivision not paying attention when I heard an American steam whistle. I looked up and saw the recent specsavers add had a murphy models 141! 

[DartStation]

yes -  the add was filmed at our clubhouse (South Dublin Model Railways) over two days - you were not dreaming - for the short glimpse at the start of the add there was a huge entourage involved in the production.

The production company wanted to make it as generic as possible.  

[Broithe]

I was one of the first of 'our crowd' to get a CD player in the mid-80s. One chap was very sceptical that it was worth bothering and I volunteered to let him experience the sound.

We were in my front room at home, sitting facing the window, and had listened to a few things. He was coming round to 'my side', and then I put on one of the Transacord Sounds of the Steam Age discs. He was very impressed by that, even commenting "It's just like there was a steam engine going past!"

At that point, a steam locomotive went serenely down the street (albeit on the back of a low-loader that wasn't visible, due to the hedge).

He leapt up, pointing at it, genuinely speechless.

He remains convinced that I somehow knew it would happen.