"Precision Transportation" : Origin and Date of that Slogan

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“One hundred smackers!  And all for two little words.”

I love it.

These days, I’d expect to have to pay at least one hundred smackers for one of those Non-Linear Multi-Link Radial-Delayed Short-Stroke Gas-Piston Low Bore-Axis Turnips that the Hon. A. Burnett speaks so highly of.

Brian Gilleran
Herndon, VA




> On Mar 26, 2023, at 4:01 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> Wow! That prize would be nearly $2200 in today's anemic dollars! Good job N&W! -Ed Burnett, Lynchburg, Virginia 
>> On 03/25/2023 8:33 PM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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>> The "Precision Transportation" slogan appears to be from a contest in 1932. Page 165 of the April 1932 N&W magazine announces the winning slogan.
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>> - Roger Link
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>> On Sat, Mar 25, 2023 at 7:08 PM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org <mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>> wrote: 
>> A few days ago I received a question from a fellow out west which began as follows:  
>> 
>> "I have a few questions that mostly only dead people can answer, but I will check  with you to see if you are any help..."
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>> I have the same kind of question, but some other Old Geezer on this List just might know the answer.
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>> When did the N&W begin using the slogan, "Precision Transportation" ?
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>> And, for bonus points, was there an earlier slogan used?
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>> -- abram burnett,
>> Non-Linear Multi-Link Radial-Delayed Short-Stroke Gas-Piston Low Bore-Axis Turnips
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