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@Rusty Traque posted:

Which is based on the book that was first published in 1985.

Rusty

Limited correlation to the trains in the book. First of all, the film uses the basic story and expands on it greatly, including in details of the train. The use of Pere Marquette no. 1225 and the heavyweight passenger cars are movie creations. If I recall correctly, the book illustrations depicted cars without clerestory roofs, though the paint scheme is similar in my later copy of the book.