I'm getting rather concerned over people trying to use logic on this thread, it's a film, since when did the film industry use anything approaching logic?
That’s the thing isn’t it?
I’d see it a bit like this:
We need a steam locomotive for this film. What can we use as we’re filming it in the UK?
Well...
1) A Brit looks close enough with a few embellishments to a foreign looking locomotive that your average film goer would be completely convinced.
2) All the drawings are available and it’ll be reasonably easy (especially with this films budget) to make a non working new one that looks like a replica of a large foreign looking locomotive.
3) It needs to be built to UK loading gauge as that’s where we’re making the film.
4) It needs to be propelled as part of the filming, so all of the motion needs to work properly and it’ll need to be tested somewhere as there’s only going to be one chance to get this take right!
5) We’ve rung around and for some reason no matter how much money we offer them, nobody seems to want to sell us a working British steam locomotive for a one way trip to oblivion. Even if we mention the name Tom Cruise...
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Hi all, Not sure if this belongs here, or in the continental section, but as it appears to be a preserved locomotive I figured I'd try here first: I was contacted yesterday by someone who was at Newport Pagnell services at the time, and found a locomotive which "appeared" to be a French...
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