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Just to play with the iron horse and the idea with Native characters.
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Lisa De Los Reyes, HollywoodReporter, 27 Apr. 2025
While the train chugs along throughout the spot, LL Cool J doesn’t appear until near the end, when the iron horse crashed into a living room filled with football fans.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 5 Feb. 2024
Imagine the possibilities of a place featuring stories of the Native Americans who lived here, the history of stagecoach travel followed by the glamour of the era of the iron horse?
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2023
Oregon was in a competitive game and didn’t turn to its iron horse to end it early enough.
—James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 27 Sep. 2021
Talk about an iron horse.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2020
The big iron horse was about to rattle south.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Mar. 2020
Droves of fans bolted through Grand Central Station in Midtown Manhattan to catch the iron horse that brought guests directly to the arena.
—Mark Elibert, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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Lisa De Los Reyes, HollywoodReporter, 27 Apr. 2025
While the train chugs along throughout the spot, LL Cool J doesn’t appear until near the end, when the iron horse crashed into a living room filled with football fans.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 5 Feb. 2024
Imagine the possibilities of a place featuring stories of the Native Americans who lived here, the history of stagecoach travel followed by the glamour of the era of the iron horse?
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2023
Oregon was in a competitive game and didn’t turn to its iron horse to end it early enough.
—James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 27 Sep. 2021
Talk about an iron horse.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2020
The big iron horse was about to rattle south.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Mar. 2020
Droves of fans bolted through Grand Central Station in Midtown Manhattan to catch the iron horse that brought guests directly to the arena.
—Mark Elibert, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Iron horse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/iron%20horse. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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