Quote from: Blink_182_Fan on July 22, 2010, 12:40:22 PM

You are very correct on that, but, they still used the engine for shots. I can't remember just exactly what the tour guide was saying about it, but they did use the engine for several things in the movie. They mainly used the blueprints of the engine, but took shots of the engine so they recreate it on screen.
Wtierce, we are talking about the color on the tender, right? If so I still think it's gold. Look at pictures of when 1225 still had "Polar Express" on her tender. You'll notice it's gold. It still had Polar Express on it when I went and seen it, and it was gold.

And the writing on the computer animated tender in the movie is still white. Watch the movie.

Quote from: Blink_182_Fan on July 16, 2010, 11:42:26 AM

Actually, you're wrong on that. The writing on the tender is in fact gold. Trust me, i've seen the engine in real life and even got to climb in the cab and ring the bell. It's not far from where I live in Brownstown, Michigan. The engines tender still had Polar Express written on the side from when they shot the movie, and it was in fact gold. That beats just one scene in the movie.

The movie was computer animated!

Thanks tac

I appreciate your help

Thanks for your help tac

I am in Canada, B.C. actually.

Wow that live steam Hudson is amazing, I never knew live steam existed in such small scales.

Any books or magazines that you cam recommend?

Hello

I'm thinking about getting into model trains.

I do not have anything yet, but am considering HO as the scale and I am interested in Canadian steam such as the Royal Hudsons.

So far I have only found these locomotives in O scale (MTH)

Any advice or comments you may have are welcomed here.

Thanks

Mike