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That's very true! And kind of like cars (although maybe there are more car enthusiasts than train enthusiasts because lots of people have a car of their own!). Like even if you aren't knowledgeable about cars, you'd notice if a scene had a car from 'the wrong decade'. But also it seems trains...
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Thank you - that's helpful too! The author sent me one photo, and that was of a Canadian Pacific train, which was why I made the assumption (thinking that he'd know about his own country's trains) - but then I remember that although I'm a Brit, if anyone asked me which year British Rail went...
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That is so helpful - thank you! I knew it would be better to ask actual people rather than 'just google it'.
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Okay - well, that in itself is worth knowing! Which company would have provided passenger service in Canada in the 1980s? (The author sent me a pic of a Canadian Pacific train, which is why I assumed that would be the right company!) It seems that the trains I was used to in England look quite...
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Hi, folks! I'm not a railway buff myself, but I figured someone here might be able to help me. I've been commissioned to illustrate a book cover that will feature a Canadian Pacific passenger train from the 1980s. I'm a Brit, and I've been scouring a bunch of sites for reference material to make...
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