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On the Elephant Man's return to London from his captivity in France, there is a brief train running scene (lasting only a few seconds) which was shot on the Severn Valley Railway.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/list/ls006537069/ Rail Scenes with Locations on IMDB]</ref> A distant shot across Trimpley Reservoir is followed by [[LMS Ivatt Class 2 46443]] emerging from [[Arley Station Bridge]] having passed through the station at speed. 46443 carries the smokebox number 644, the same number used when the locomotive appeared in MR livery for the filming of [[The Thirty Nine Steps]]. The latter shot may be seen at the beginning of [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF19L00KbAI this YouTube clip].
Comparison of the two films confirms that both scenes in the Elephant Man used the same footage originally filmed tor The Thirty Nine Steps, although converted to black and white and using a consistent aspect ratio to match the rest of the film. <gallery>The_Elephant_Man_Trimpley.jpg|Passing TrimpleyThirty_Nine_Steps_screenshot_Trimpley.JPG|Passing Trimpley (The Thirty Nine Steps)</gallery> <gallery>The_Elephant_Man_Arley.jpg|Passing ArleyThirty_Nine_Steps_screenshot_Arley.JPG|Passing Arley (The Thirty Nine Steps)</gallery>
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