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Old 25-February-2005, 09:53 AM
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Some magazine made a contest to submit new name proposals for the Deutsche Bahn, DB. Since its privatization, things went worse.
So, many people submitted some pretty funny stuff, often English puns.

DEBT AG - Deutsche Eisenbahn Transport AG
D-Rail
Drain
Flying Deutschmann
Fritzrailz
LATE - Logistics and Transport for Europe
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Old 25-February-2005, 03:32 PM
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Some magazine made a contest to submit new name proposals for the Deutsche Bahn, DB. Since its privatization, things went worse.
So, many people submitted some pretty funny stuff, often English puns.

DEBT AG - Deutsche Eisenbahn Transport AG
D-Rail
Drain
Flying Deutschmann
Fritzrailz
LATE - Logistics and Transport for Europe
Powerwait
Slowgistics
TorTour
Tragic - TransportLogistic
TransLater

That is both very funny and very sad. :-?
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Old 25-February-2005, 07:54 PM
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I'm surprised I didn't see Fahrfrumoven.
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Old 25-February-2005, 08:34 PM
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That one made me laugh too.
The website of the Belgian railways is w w w.B-rail.be, so it gave a sense of realism to this proposal
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