There are already several threads on railway scenes in films, TV shows etc such as this one: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/railways-in-pop-culture.136069/
and this one: https://www.railforums.co.uk/thread...elevision-scenes-involving-the-railway.30908/
Apologies if there's already a thread on this, but a lot of films and TV shows have trains and other forms of transport in them that are not authentic for the era or the area in which they are set.
Here are a few examples that I can think of:
In "The Railway Man" Eric Lomax, the main character, travels on a train of maroon liveried Mark 1s hauled by a Class 67. It's supposed to be in 1980, which was long before the 67s were built. There were a lot of Mark 1s around then but they would have been blue & grey.
I think he travels from Chester to Berwick-upon-Tweed, and AFAIK there have never been any direct trains from Chester to Berwick. On alighting at Berwick you hear the ying-ying-ying sound of the 67, and they've done their best to blank out the overhead wires as the East Coast Main Line wasn't electrified then but you can still see them if you look carefully.
Similarly, there's an episode of Life on Mars with a train of maroon Mark 1s at Bury Bolton Street on the East Lancs Railway. Again they should have been blue & grey as it's set in 1973.
The Scottish Dancing episode of Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em has a scene at a station with a Hymek-hauled train of plum & custard liveried Mark 1s. Again that would have been first aired in about the mid 1970s so I would guess that it was filmed on a preserved railway (maybe the Severn Valley or the West Somerset?).
There's also a train of Mark 1s in the film "Dunkirk", which is set in World War 2: before the Mark 1s were built.
"Spike Island", a film about the Stone Roses rock band, is set in 1990 but has a scene in it with a TransPennine Express Class 185 DMU visible in the background. There's also a scene with the present day façade of Manchester Piccadilly station. It does have a Manchester bus in it that's authentic for that era, though (an Atlantean I think).
"Us", a recent TV drama series about a family who tour Europe by train, has a flashback scene from the 1990s, when the parents first met, with a London Overground Class 378 EMU in it. There's a separate thread on this series at https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/transeuropean-rail-travel-in-bbc-drama-us.209940/
I also seem to recall that in "The Wildcats of St Trinian's" there's a scene with a Class 117 DMU even though I think it's supposed to be somewhere on the south coast (Eastbourne I think).
and this one: https://www.railforums.co.uk/thread...elevision-scenes-involving-the-railway.30908/
Apologies if there's already a thread on this, but a lot of films and TV shows have trains and other forms of transport in them that are not authentic for the era or the area in which they are set.
Here are a few examples that I can think of:
In "The Railway Man" Eric Lomax, the main character, travels on a train of maroon liveried Mark 1s hauled by a Class 67. It's supposed to be in 1980, which was long before the 67s were built. There were a lot of Mark 1s around then but they would have been blue & grey.
I think he travels from Chester to Berwick-upon-Tweed, and AFAIK there have never been any direct trains from Chester to Berwick. On alighting at Berwick you hear the ying-ying-ying sound of the 67, and they've done their best to blank out the overhead wires as the East Coast Main Line wasn't electrified then but you can still see them if you look carefully.
Similarly, there's an episode of Life on Mars with a train of maroon Mark 1s at Bury Bolton Street on the East Lancs Railway. Again they should have been blue & grey as it's set in 1973.
The Scottish Dancing episode of Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em has a scene at a station with a Hymek-hauled train of plum & custard liveried Mark 1s. Again that would have been first aired in about the mid 1970s so I would guess that it was filmed on a preserved railway (maybe the Severn Valley or the West Somerset?).
There's also a train of Mark 1s in the film "Dunkirk", which is set in World War 2: before the Mark 1s were built.
"Spike Island", a film about the Stone Roses rock band, is set in 1990 but has a scene in it with a TransPennine Express Class 185 DMU visible in the background. There's also a scene with the present day façade of Manchester Piccadilly station. It does have a Manchester bus in it that's authentic for that era, though (an Atlantean I think).
"Us", a recent TV drama series about a family who tour Europe by train, has a flashback scene from the 1990s, when the parents first met, with a London Overground Class 378 EMU in it. There's a separate thread on this series at https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/transeuropean-rail-travel-in-bbc-drama-us.209940/
I also seem to recall that in "The Wildcats of St Trinian's" there's a scene with a Class 117 DMU even though I think it's supposed to be somewhere on the south coast (Eastbourne I think).
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