Talk:Rail transport in fiction

Preamble
There is scope for initial discussion of how railways have been portrayed in fiction, and the effect this has had on popular culture. There is no reason why this page should remain as just a list as the topic has always been important in fostering enthusiasm about railways.

EdJogg (talk) 10:13, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Scope
This list has the potential to be very large, so it might be appropriate to limit the scope to fiction where:
 * Subject is (predominatly) about trains/railways
 * Location is (predominantly) set in a train/railway environment
 * Storyline features a train/railway as a significant plot device

The words 'predominantly' and 'signifcant' are necessary, although may be open to criticism of the list requiring POV to determine content, but some common sense is required. For example, Carry On Girls includes a section where some of the characters go to their destination by train, but otherwise the train plays no part in the storyline. There are many stories where trains simply appear as a means of transport, and hence should not be included in a list here (although the article title would suggest otherwise!)

EdJogg (talk) 10:13, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Organisation
How should this list be arranged?
 * Alphabetically
 * Chronologically
 * By primary media (film/book/tv/etc)
 * All of the above

Something needs to be done because there is already at least one film that is present in the list twice!

EdJogg (talk) 10:13, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Format
In a table (with more details than currently shown) or in a bulleted list?

We certainly don't want both in the one article.

Novels about going to Auschwitz, e.g., Semprun's The Long Voyage. Dostoyevsky's The Idiot (in the opening part). Gide's Caves of the Vatican. Verne's Around the World in Eighty Days.
Marcin862 (talk) 16:38, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

EdJogg (talk) 10:13, 22 October 2008 (UTC)