“I wanted to do this my whole life!” Polar Express! Back to the future Easter egg!

[@BeaufortRyan]

That's because they are both directed by the same director.

[@lizzymcelroy6404]

Wasn't it Robert Zemeckis?

[@princetheavengerknightohan5948]

@@lizzymcelroy6404 Yes. Yes it was.

[@chester_trainz16]

2 engine with the same whistle

[@Jaymac720]

The basis for the Polar Express (the Pere Marquette 1225) had a very different whistle. I prefer it to the real life one. The train that Doc and Marty hijacked is the real life Sierra No. 3. The polar express used that whistle rather than that of its basis

[@chester_trainz16]

​@@Jaymac720 i feel like that one would fit better the 1225.

[@alexfarrell5533]

same with the emergency brake

[@Chaser_The_Racer]

Also in the scene when the 2 engineers are trying to get the pin you can see a Flux Capacitar in the back

[@jamesbelcher8509]

Santa Fe Special "Union Pacific" 4-6-2 Locomotive 6012 0:01 [train whistle]

[@marnixwecke7280]

Oh I thought the sierra number 3

[@Jaymac720]

⁠@@marnixwecke7280it is the Sierra No. 3. The Polar Express used that engine’s whistle, and the BTTF train is actually the Sierra No. 3

[@janemyers4366]

0:03 Hero Boy: I've wanted to do that in my whole life. 0:10 Doc Brown: I've wanted to do that all my life.

[@Matthew-gq2ek]

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[@FbiUnit69]

Gamblers train

[@Matthew-gq2ek]

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[@CommanderArmyMan]

Poker express? Really?

[@Matthew-gq2ek]

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