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** Jenny Agutter had actually played Bobbie in a TV adaptation two years previously. She almost didn't do the film because of this.
** Christopher Witty had also played Jim in the same version.
* SleeperHit: While the higher ups expected the film to do okay, thanks to love of the book, they were not prepared for it to be a huge success at Christmas, and such a big one that it was re-released multiple times over the next few years.
** Jenny Agutter had actually played Bobbie in a TV adaptation two years previously. She almost didn't do the film because of this.
** Christopher Witty had also played Jim in the same version.
* SleeperHit: While the higher ups expected the film to do okay, thanks to love of the book, they were not prepared for it to be a huge success at Christmas, and such a big one that it was re-released multiple times over the next few years.
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** The [[SequelGap belated sequel]], ''The Railway Children Return'', is set at the start of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII in 1939, 34 years after the first book/film. It was made in 2021, 51 years after the previous film. This means at 70, Creator/JennyAgutter played 49 year old Bobbie.
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* UncreditedRole: Creator/AmeliaBayntun as a cook.
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* CastTheRunnerUp: Lionel Jeffries admitted he was tempted to play the role of Perks himself, but eventually decided to cast Creator/BernardCribbins "because of his lovely calm comedy." Jeffries did play the voice of Malcolm.
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* DistancedFromCurrentEvents: ITV pulled their airing of the remake three days after the Ufton Nervet rail crash in 2004.
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* UsefulNotes/BFITop100BritishFilms: #66 (the 1970 film)
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* SuppressedMammaries: Sally Thomsett (Phyllis) had to have her breasts strapped down because she was playing a much younger girl. In fact, this was such a big secret at the time that she wasn't allowed to smoke or drink off the set during filming, or for quite a while after that to keep up the pretense.
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: In an age where petticoats themselves are a novelty, modern readers might not understand why ''red'' petticoats were such a big deal. Red flannel petticoats (as opposed to white lawn or cotton ones) were considered a sign of poverty.
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* TheCameo: Labour MP Bob Cryer had a cameo as a train guard, along with his wife and child. In real life he had been responsible for restoring the historical railways.
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