RMweb Gold Corbs Posted August 11, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 11, 2021 A rather majestic steampunk style painting from Johan Törnlund. https://www.artstation.com/tornlundart 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Harris Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 I suppose it counts as "in fiction", but a model railway layout was central to the plot (no spoilers) to the first episode of "The Cleaner" on BBC1, it's still on iPlayer. https://youtu.be/4_xaJ7eKBLE It's not a spoiler as it's from the start, but it is rather gory and sweary, but I thought it was quite funny and a warning to us all. jh 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnson044 Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 Tintin has the occasional railway encounter - in "The Black Island" he jumps onto the roof of a BR Mk 1 hauled by what looks like a Bulleid Southern Region diesel. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnson044 Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 ..maybe at Cromford station? Oh - just found a whole web page devoted to Tintin and railways! https://www.tintin.com/en/news/3779/tintin-and-trains-adventures-on-rails 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben B Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 3 hours ago, Johnson044 said: Tintin has the occasional railway encounter - in "The Black Island" he jumps onto the roof of a BR Mk 1 hauled by what looks like a Bulleid Southern Region diesel. My wife has that one in French- apart from the odd choice of locomotives in the train chase, there's other nicer details like instead of a music note for the airhorn, it's captioned "Toot" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
billy_anorak59 Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 (edited) When I used to read such a thing, the 'comic' 2000 AD used to have a strip called 'Nemesis the Warlock'. I always enjoyed the Edwardian 'steampunk' look, and before I'd even heard of steampunk, it was probably my first experience of the genre. Some of the transport depicted was rather good, I thought. Take a look at this link - the steam iron man/robot pulling the tram, and the 'Equatorial Express' are about halfway down the page: https://tygertale.com/2015/08/01/the-gothic-empire-bryan-talbots-nemesis-the-warlock/ Edited February 2, 2022 by billy_anorak59 Smelling 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben B Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 5 hours ago, billy_anorak59 said: When I used to read such a thing, the 'comic' 2000 AD used to have a strip called 'Nemesis the Warlock'. I always enjoyed the Edwardian 'steampunk' look, and before I'd even heard of steampunk, it was probably my first experience of the genre. Some of the transport depicted was rather good, I thought. Take a look at this link - the steam iron man/robot pulling the tram, and the 'Equatorial Express' are about halfway down the page: https://tygertale.com/2015/08/01/the-gothic-empire-bryan-talbots-nemesis-the-warlock/ I'll have to have a look when I get home, but I've a feeling that the pic of the iron chap pulling the tramcar is based on something called the "Steam-man of the plains", I'm sure there's a pic of it in the book "Boilerplate: Histories Mechanical Marvel" Love the Crystal Palace monorail in that link too! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted May 18, 2022 Author Share Posted May 18, 2022 some more anime and manga "Darwin's Game" chapter 80 "The Reincarnation Magician Of The Inferior Eyes " chapter 66 "Lord El Melloi case files" episode 4 "Someday Dreamer Summer Skies" 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium MJI Posted May 29, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 29, 2022 https://www.amazon.com/Railhead-Philip-Reeve/dp/1630790486 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CameronL Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 Has anyone read "Pandora's Star" and "Judas Unchained" by Peter F Hamilton? With the ability to anchor stable interstellar wormholes on the surface of planets many light years apart, the main method of interstellar transport is trains... Until some rather hostile aliens crash the party and other means are needed. Superbly crafted space opera with some unique ideas. Totally recommended. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldomtom2 Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 A very interesting project for the ambitious fantasy modeller would be the light rail system of Revachol from the video game Disco Elysium - though we never see it, it is mentioned multiple times. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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