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Magic Railroad Fan-Art

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This section showcases SiF membership talent in their homage to the Magic Railroad movie expressed through their artwork.

LOEY MACHAN
Not involved in the making of the movie itself, but SiF member Loey Machan has come up with some designs of Lady, which show how the engine could look with adjustments, and how she did in the movie itself.
 
In Loey's own words...
"I wanted to try and draw Lady as a real engine and see what the result was.
 
Her dimensions were dictated by her buffers, which would need to be at the same height as other British rolling stock - from there I came up with an outline for her.
 
In order to keep the fine lines of the full-size prop and eliminate bucking I lengthened the wheelbase and made her into an 0-6-0. In the film her boiler is wider than the smokebox, which is a bit unusual, so I expanded that extra diameter into a saddle-tank similar to a Quarry Hunslet. I also fitted her with the other bits and bobs you'd see on a steam engine and pieced together a possible backhead arrangement for her.
 
The Front, Back and Backhead diagrams are all valid for the 0-4-0 version as well as the 0-6-0 btw. Much of the backhead is based on what we see in the film - the regulator and reverser are seen in the film in these positions, and a pair of gauge glasses are just in sight ever now and then - also when Lilly creates a new supply of Gold Dust a shot looking over Lady's cab shows that Lady does indeed have seats fitted. I added the other bits based on necessity (pressure gauges etc) and theory (since her lights are electric I reckon Lady has a dynamo hidden under the curved casing on the bunker)"
 
LADY - SMALL TANK LOCOMOTIVE DESIGN, CME BRITT ALLCROFT & LOEY MACHAN
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Lady as an 0-4-0, with a tight wheelbase

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The same design expanded out into an 0-6-0 (Side Elevation)

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Front Elevation

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Rear Elevation

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Backhead

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Backhead with notation

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Top Elevation

ANIME BOY
SIF Member Anime Boy first contributed this lovely work of art depicting Lily and her bluebird.
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And an interpretation of Lady as a Goddess, inspired from Belldandy from "Oh My Goddess" and Aqua Regina from "Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch".
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A hand-drawn depiction of a teenaged Burnett Stone professing his love for Tasha as a jealous PT Boomer looks on.
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I'll never forget the first time I saw you...
You took my breath away...

Anime Boy writes: "This is my depiction of Burnett Stone's first sight of Tasha when they were young."

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A.B. sent in his own interpretation of P.T. Boomer cruising along on his motorcycle. Note the text on the cycle's gas tank that was inspired by one of Bruce Simpson's storyboards.

P.T. Boomer crusing along on his motorcycle
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An illustration of Patch & Lily riding on horseback. - added 18 May, 2008

Patch and Lily riding on Patch's horse
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ELIZABETH TRUITT
Shares her rendition of 'Lady' in this work of art titled  'The Golden Queen' 

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IAN McCORMICK
Presents P.T. Boomer perched atop Diesel-10  from the film's climatic chase-sequence (added 30th June, 2009).

Artwork by: Ian McCormick
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