Thread by @IdiotLaggy

If you wanted to actually recreate the "White Star Boat Train" that brought passengers to the RMS Titanic, boy do I have a thread for you!

https://twitter.com/IdiotLaggy/status/1429607375611252749

First off, the railway that offered the White Star Boat Train was the LSWR. The train pulled out of Waterloo Station, from Platform 12, at 9:45 A.M

The LSWR owned the Southampton Docks at the time, hence why they offered the White Star Boat Train. The type of engine used is not known, but it could be either the LSWR L11 or the LSWR 415, or one of the various passenger trains built by the LSWR before 1912.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

Here's a message board thread discussing this in further detail, but hopefully I helped you guys learn something cool.
encyclopedia-titanica.org/community/thre…

( And hopefully prevent you guys from doing what James Cameron did and use a German Marklin engine, that wasn't era accurate, at Southampton.)

Also, fun fact: Most of Titanic 1997 was filmed using actual models of the ship? There were two, to my knowledge, made for the pre and sinking scenes. One was 1:20 and was 40 feet long, it was the entire ship. The other was 1:48 and was the middle and stern.

This movie probably made David Mitton drool at all the amazing use of models and practical effects.

The 1:48 model was used for the break apart scene. It's pretty cool how they did it. Here's some BTS footage for you guys.

Note: Actually, never mind about knowing the train. The lads over at Titanic: Honor and Glory actually modeled the train that took the White Star Boat Train. I don't know what class this is, so someone help a bro out.

(This is an actual photo of the train from a Kodak 1911 camera)