Forum - View topicINTEREST: Crowdfunding Aims to Bring Back Real Galaxy Express 999 Train
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samuelp
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I used to ride that exact train quite a lot when I lived at Tokorozawa. It was one of the oldest models still in service though, so I can see why they'd have to replace it.
But I don't see why Seibu wouldn't paint the train that replaced it a similar way... Everyone enjoyed it. I gues the newer models aren't really designed for that kind of full-body paint job? Too slick and stylized unlike the boxy-ness of the old train. |
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EricJ2
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Ohh, now, y'see, I read the headline and thought they were going to reproduce the actual Orient-Express look of the original Train.
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Hameyadea
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That's a nice incentive.
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Sacto0562
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If they want to really make it an authentic experience, it needs to be a real SL excursion train pulled by a JNR Class C62 steam locomotive, something like what's shown here:
Remember, the "locomotive" for the spacecraft shown in the Galaxy Express 999 series is essentially shaped exactly like a C62 locomotive. The excursion train I suggested will run out of the Kyoto area, where the only fully functional C62 (C62 2) is located at the Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum. |
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