How do you know his name?

@@WigWagProduction Probably because the Santa Fe Railway named their mascot "Chico."

seriously...wow I'm not impressed....

@@nikerailfanningttm9046 wdym?

@@nikerailfanningttm9046 i’m not trying to impress anybody…

Stop it is cool I'm saving it.

@@WigWagProduction Pure bs.

That's ab right.

Bnsf doesn’t deserve to use it either tbh

@Heartland Railfanner™ the only the reason BNSF kinda sucks is no heritage units

@Heartland Railfanner™ and never uses any of the metra bnsf budcars.

@HeartlandRailfannerTMCbut at least were not Northfolk Southern

Triggers people now

Somebody sounds defensive

I wonder what the neighbors said...

@@WigWagProduction Probably nothing back in the day.

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Remember the Santa Fe Super Chief train commercial?

@@jackjules7552 Was there a 15 second or longer TV commercial spot similar to this one exclusively for the Santa Fe, Super Chief?

@@WAL_DC-6B Yes there was. What I do remember is the narrator of the commercial in a very excitable tone yelling "THE SUPER CHIEF!" And then he proceeded to run down the list of amenities passengers would be entitled to on the Super Chief while a film ran in the background depicting passengers in the dining car or in their sleepers.

@@jackjules7552 Thanks for the reply! Unfortunately, it doesn't seem that ad exists on KZfaq other than a Super Chief promotional movie from the late 1940s.

I want a colored version of it

My favorite railroad is Union Pacific

Same

I enjoy Santa Fe and Union Pacific trains from the 50s.

Same

Chico was the creation of advertsing giant Leo Burnett of Chicago, the same firm that created Tony the Tiger, Jolly Green Giant, Pillsbury Doughboy, Charlie the Tuna, and many others. Chico promoted the AT&SF railroad for decades, from 1946 to 1990. This commercial is from 1962.

@@paulmatulavich7321 '62, that's when I was four years old. Thanks for a little background information on this TV spot!

It's too fast. They sped the film up about 50% for the effect. Incidentally, the locomotives are a quad set of Alco PA1 units. Arguably one of the most beautiful locomotives in the world.

Since nowadays people are offended by everything

How dare you respond to to me! I’m canceling you!

@@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren How dar you respond to me! I’m going to get you cancelled!

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Everyone would be all over this, stereotypes tend to drive people apart

@@PlaneBoy2520 ofc it’s a furry saying this

@@hmhobbies you got a problem with furries?

@@PlaneBoy2520 yes.

@@hmhobbies and that is?

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Because a vast majority of the time content featuring native Americans is racist, so everything gets lumped together. This is one of those rare cases where it actually isn’t racist.

He dosen't have super red skin or a big nose like other "cartoon injuns" do. He looks like an adorable native Indian boy.

Where is the bridge? I must seek it

@@coltfaze599 it's on a SJVR bridge at Bakersfield

Santa Fay! All the way!

Its says in description: "with Chico the native American boy".

Curiously the ATSF didn't go through India(na.)

Are you some dumbass 5 year old? Or is this the least funny joke of the century?

A merger with the Burlington-Northern.

"Chico," the fictional Indian kid (as the Santa Fe Railroad described him) was the mascot and spirit of the Santa Fe. He was used in many Santa Fe Railroad advertisements to promote passenger (ended in 1971) and freight service well into the 1980s.

@@WAL_DC-6B Say indigenous next time. Indian (unless you are referring to the people who live in the country of india) is a racist term.

Indigenous people or what you like to call us “Indians” in the 1950s already got their language taken away by being forced into residential school by white people. And what would a “Indian” voice sound like to you?

@@user-mp2tk3pw6j ""Chico, the fictional Indian kid" was how the Santa Fe Railway historically described him when he was the mascot of the Santa Fe over thirty years ago. Times have changed and I'm sure today's Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Railway has discontinued the "Chico" character being mindful of how it can be considered racist especially for the succeeding generations of the original people who settled and occupied the land in which this railroad operates.

To certain crowds yes.

Its an old commercial the Santa Fe (ATSF) railway to promote there passenger trains

@@anthonyranciglio4308 i know what the atchison, topeka and santa fe is lmao, im talking about what the hell cringe did i just watch

It can be worse. Whatever you do, do not watch the intro of "Welcome To Southern California" by the same company.

Keep in mind, in the 50s, Cultural Appropriation if that’s the right term, was very commonplace and not frowned on at all. It may have been wrong then as it is now, but like the old fella says, sometimes the M in Masses is silent.

Don’t say that

It is NOT.

@@nicholasmedovich6729 you are right, it is an ad for the Aitchison Topeka and Santa Fe’s Super Chief passenger train service. It is not mocking or making fun of a culture or race.

I mean, it was the 50s

@@bazinga1783 I understand that it is just to advertise the super chief but the indigenous girl is being shown in stereotypical ways. With the feather on the back of her head, and her playing on a powwow drum with her HANDS. it’s not supposed to be played that way! You need to play it with 2 people or more with a drumstick! The stereotypical indigenous person in cartoons always have one feather on the back of her head and they always play the drums the wrong way!

@@user-mp2tk3pw6j you're right. people need to stop stereotyping indigenous peoples. not all indigenous peoples are plains people, nor do they all have a feather on the back of their head or play the drum with their hands