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The railway sequence, set in early 1914, begins in the ticket office at London St Pancras Station. The action scenes used [[LMS Ivatt Class 2 46443]] (in MR livery as No 644) and five of the SVR's LMS carriages with 'Midland' stickers applied. The scenes filmed on the SVR, which last around 5 minutes in total, comprise:
*Hannay boarding the train (filmed on the island platform at [[Bewdley]])
*A wide shot of the train passing the [[Safari Park|Spring Grove ]] area just west of [[Bewdley Tunnel]]
*A distant shot of the train passing Trimpley Reservoir (re-used in the 1980 film [[The Elephant Man]])
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*The escape scene on the bridge. #
*A parting shot of the train setting off through [[Eyemore Eymore Cutting]].
*Hannay climbing down from the bridge.
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.
