...Ah. Best check the play first, though. The Starlight Express is going to be at best politely cool to a Shinkansen kami. It's very much a "steam first and only" god; the play ends with the Express telling the diesel and electric locomotives how they can be retrofitted to steam, and everyone cheering on how good an idea that is.
ETA: At least the version I'm familiar with, which is the original London/Broadway script from the late 80s/early 90s. If the title song is any indication, the entire production seems to have undergone some dramatic mutations over the decades; the ending may well have changed.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
ETA: At least the version I'm familiar with, which is the original London/Broadway script from the late 80s/early 90s. If the title song is any indication, the entire production seems to have undergone some dramatic mutations over the decades; the ending may well have changed.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.