RMweb Premium phil-b259 Posted November 1, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 1, 2017 Spotted on another forum and might be interesting if anyone is in the vicinity tomorrow 'Tomorrow on Tuesday the 2nd of November the continental rolling stock of the Venice Simplon Orient Express will visit St Pancras International having arrived at Dollands Moor earlier this morning (1/11/17)' All to do with the new 'Murder on the Orient Express' movie no doubt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 Photos at Dolland’s Moor (not mine) https://flic.kr/p/ZXAbJN https://flic.kr/p/YXAQ9o https://flic.kr/p/YXA6Zd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Revolution Ben Posted November 1, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 1, 2017 Hi there, Fantastic shots and info, thanks for sharing. cheers Ben A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 And one at St P. Again not mine. Should be viewable without logging into FB https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1835104316530075&id=181869555186901&set=a.525404894166697.118838.181869555186901&source=57&refid=13&__tn__=%2B%3E 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomboid Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 They do look nice under the roof there. Just needs a nice French steam engine sitting on the blocks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium nightstar.train Posted November 2, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 2, 2017 It’s a great pity that this stock could never be passed for passenger use through the tunnel. It’d be fantastic to board it in London, and disembark a couple of nights later in Venice. I’m not too sure about the new film though, from the trailer Rupert Everett doesn’t look right as Poirot. IMO the best way to experience it is the audiobook read by David Suchett. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kernowtim Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 They do look nice under the roof there. Just needs a nice French steam engine sitting on the blocks... I still expect to see a class 45 diesel!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher125 Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 (edited) I’m not too sure about the new film though, from the trailer Rupert Everett doesn’t look right as Poirot. Kenneth Branagh actually - perhaps he'd be better off playing Everett than Poirot! Edited November 2, 2017 by Christopher125 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovex Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 to be honest the film looks like its going to be a bit of a joke - Think I'll stick to the 70's version Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 The 2001 "Made for TV" version has to be the worst, it used the VSOE Pullman Cars hauled by an EWS class 47! Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovex Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 The 2001 "Made for TV" version has to be the worst, it used the VSOE Pullman Cars hauled by an EWS class 47! Jim well the worst so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomboid Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 Given that there's about a million Poirot books, it seems odd that this one has been made so many times. I'm sure it can't be the only interesting one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 Kernowtim Such is the transformation of StP, that it seems to be filed in my brain as two, completely different, locations, nowhere near one another. One is frozen in a weekday mid-afternoon c1973, utterly deserted, except for two railmen sitting on a barrow; the other is 'recently'. Both places are wonderful, in completely different ways, and I think it's a bit of a bngger that my oyster card refuses to take me to the c1975 one. Would have loved to see the VSOE at either. Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kernowtim Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 Got to admit I haven't been to st Pancras since its transformation, living far from the Midland mainline now!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium phil-b259 Posted November 2, 2017 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 2, 2017 (edited) The 2001 "Made for TV" version has to be the worst, it used the VSOE Pullman Cars hauled by an EWS class 47! Jim At least David Suchet looked like the Poirot Ms Christie describes in her books! The TV version also did pic up on several other aspects of the characters thinking - Ms Christie did make him a 'Good Catholic' and very disproving of any attempts to circumnavigate the process of justice - both of which were fully on show in the TV adaptation. In film terms however I agree that the 1974 film is far superior to the current offering - which from the trailers looks like it has been turned into an action thriller by Holywood rather than the murder mystery penned by Ms Christie all those years ago. Edited November 2, 2017 by phil-b259 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foulounoux Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 Are these available as HO models? They look splendid! Rivarossi did them I belive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike at C&M Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 When Rivarossi was still an Italian company, I managed to acquire a number of self-assembly coaches which kept the cost down, in a similar vein to Dapol and their current coach kits. the only ready-to-run coach I had to buy was the Bar Car, which has "Venice Simplon Orient Express" on it. Hornby International have done CIWL coaches, but not in their current form, vehicles done thus far have usually reflected prestige trains from times past. An opportunity for them? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mow Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 One of the carriages was on display in the forecourt of the British Museum in 2001. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1644552.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium nightstar.train Posted November 2, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 2, 2017 Given that there's about a million Poirot books, it seems odd that this one has been made so many times. I'm sure it can't be the only interesting one... There are other great Poirot books, but this one holds a special fascination. 12 people trapped on a train, and one of them must’ve done it, but which? It’s a fantastic book. Absolutely zero action, it’s all in the psychology of the individual and Poirot’s little grey cells. The new film has an all star cast, but Branagh just looks so wrong as Poirot. He’s not short, balding, fat and with an egg shaped head. And his moustache is far more along the walrus line than a fussy little Belgian affair. We shall see, but I’m unconvinced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roythebus Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 When Rivarossi was still an Italian company, I managed to acquire a number of self-assembly coaches which kept the cost down, in a similar vein to Dapol and their current coach kits. the only ready-to-run coach I had to buy was the Bar Car, which has "Venice Simplon Orient Express" on it. Hornby International have done CIWL coaches, but not in their current form, vehicles done thus far have usually reflected prestige trains from times past. An opportunity for them? P1480569A.jpg P1480566A.jpg I've got a set of Rivarossi Wagon Lits cars, maybe a 4 car set including a Frnch style corrugated steel coach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 For those who'd like to see more photos of the Orient Express trains, some photographers in Hazebrouck, near Calais, have recorded its passage :- https://lapassiondutrain.blogspot.co.uk/ Clicking on 'VSOE' should give you quite a lot of views. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted November 3, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 3, 2017 There are other great Poirot books, but this one holds a special fascination. 12 people trapped on a train, and one of them must’ve done it, but which? It’s a fantastic book. Absolutely zero action, it’s all in the psychology of the individual and Poirot’s little grey cells. The new film has an all star cast, but Branagh just looks so wrong as Poirot. He’s not short, balding, fat and with an egg shaped head. And his moustache is far more along the walrus line than a fussy little Belgian affair. We shall see, but I’m unconvinced. I saw a trailer for the film on the 'net earlier today and apart from Branagh's ridiculous moustache (more Petain than Poirot) there seems to be an awful lot of CGI and the train comes to a halt on a timber trestle bridge of amazingly US appearance. There might well be some good acting but some of the thing film is certainly going to stretch credulity beyond breaking point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovex Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 When Rivarossi was still an Italian company, I managed to acquire a number of self-assembly coaches which kept the cost down, in a similar vein to Dapol and their current coach kits. the only ready-to-run coach I had to buy was the Bar Car, which has "Venice Simplon Orient Express" on it. Hornby International have done CIWL coaches, but not in their current form, vehicles done thus far have usually reflected prestige trains from times past. An opportunity for them? Please don't go encouraging them to make even more Pullmans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asmay2002 Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 . And his moustache is far more along the walrus line than a fussy little Belgian affair. We shall see, but I’m unconvinced. Poirot is supposed to have a big moustache not the David Suchet one... http://www.agathachristie.com/characters/hercule-poirot/great-moments-of-poirots-moustache Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium nick_bastable Posted November 3, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 3, 2017 sightly of topic but worth the time to watch Nick 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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