In this beautiful film, I assume a vintage locomotive was employed - or maybe faked.
What amazed me was that the engine appeared to have had no overhead cover for the engineer and coal stoker. Did Britain not have rain or snow? Did I miss something?
And, I kept asking myself whether that train was a miniature or the real thing. If it was the real thing, the cinematographer did a great job.
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The train was a real thing. I don't know if it was original or a remake.
The steam engine originally used in the film was not powerful enough to pull the train, so a diesel locomotive was disguised as a goods van and used for extra power.
The train was composed of an original locomotive from 1855 and coaches that were made for the movie from railway flat carriages.
shareThe designer's of the day obviously didn't care too much for the driver. The coach drivers were the same (up top with no roof) and what about the limo's when car's were first built? Again the driver has no roof.
shareWith the advancement of steam power for trains, it's weird that that advancement did not include any improvement in consideration of the train engineer (and stoker) who were as mistreated as the driver of the horse-drawn carriage or of the stagecoach with its driver and shotgun-toting protector.
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