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Hannay’s train journey is via the Midland Railway from their London terminus at St Pancras to Dumfries. The film contains several anachronisms and 'oddities':
*Although the train journey is set in 1914, the locomotive and carriages are of a more modern (late LMS) appearance.
*The 'Midland Railway' carriage that Hannay boards carries the number [[LMS 24617 Corridor Composite|W24617M]], a BR era number for an ex-LMS carriage allocated to the BR Western Region. A "First Class" symbol on his carriage window is also in the BR ‘Totem’ style.
*As the train first sets off, a number of GWR carriages are visible through the window. It is unlikely that GWR carriages would have been at St Pancras in 1914.
*During the first sequence, the train is seen on a single track line, unlikely for a mainline express route from St Pancras to the north.
