Trains (and other things)

[flying_ford_anglia]

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From: flying_ford_anglia
Subject: Re: Trains (and other things)
Reply To: [Yahoo! #5980] Trains
Date: 8/6/00 11:07 pm  (ET)

<<Some American trains also have compartments, but a lot are just rows
of seats. What would Hogwarts express be most like?? >>

I imagine something like the Orient Express, if you've ever seen the film
'Murder on the Orient Express'. Compartments with padded green leather
seats, perhaps, rather dark, with lots of polished brass fittings and
mirrors.

On the evidence of the steam train, the Ford Anglia [takes a bow], the
Durmstrang ship and other things, it seems that the magical world is
steeped in the accessories of bygone ages, particularly when it comes
to transport. I have no doubt that Sirius' motorbike, for example,
had a young Marlon Brando as its former owner.

Bearing in mind this nostalgia fix, I cannot imagine the Hogwarts pupils
wearing trainers and t-shirts. I see Harry in 1940s-style grey shorts,
black boots, knobbly knees and all. I can't help it, even though there
is evidence to the contrary.

Neil