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Re: Steam train from Laputa/Castle in the sky movie
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Tue, 31 Oct 2006 10:27:16 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Gianluca Morelli wrote:
> Sorry, it's not a MOC (for now :-P)
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> I was watching this movie and I came across this funny sequence with trains:
> Pazu and Sheeta are chased by the Dola gang and jump on the train; follows a
> few minutes of pure fun, with Dola gang's car running on the rails and
> crashing everything:
> ...
It looks like it's copied from a European tram (or 'tramway') engine, though not
exactly.
The trams or trolley-buses that ran along roads through towns were mostly
electric, but early on and in areas without a reliable electricity supply a
steam engine would pull a small number of passenger or freight cars.
The passenger pullers were not hugely powerful, and looked like sheds on wheels.
The most obvious feature though (that Miyazaki hasn't copied here) is that the
wheelbase was enclosed on all sides by skirts so that the whirling and steaming
pistons and connecting rods wouldn't scare horses or injure pedestrians who got
too close.
Here are some links I found, mostly to models. The most famous reference is of
course Toby the Tram Engine (last).
http://www.irsociety.co.uk/Archives/16/fox_walker.htm
http://www.sidestreetbannerworks.com/locos/loco11.html
http://www.davidlosmith.co.uk/W&UT_Tram_engine.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toby_the_Tram_Engine
Jason R
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| (...) The other thing I love about this film is seeing all the things it's influeneced. This was very early Steampunk stylings. The Welsh mining community in the high oriental mountain landscapes, and the flying machines, are all great. But notice (...) (18 years ago, 31-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Steam train from Laputa/Castle in the sky movie
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| Sorry, it's not a MOC (for now :-P) I was watching this movie and I came across this funny sequence with trains: Pazu and Sheeta are chased by the Dola gang and jump on the train; follows a few minutes of pure fun, with Dola gang's car running on (...) (18 years ago, 31-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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