Talking about detail, as the loco was 'french' why is the data plate on the tender in german?
The locomotive in unquestionably intended to appear to be French, but as I noted earlier the tender appears to have been marked as if it's Swiss.
Presumably it's all essential to the plot.
Something like
(Cold opening: scene 1) Our Hero (Mr Cruise) is doing something with a train. At the last minute, he leaps from the cab, and train plunges off end of track, breaking up spectacularly.
(Jump cut to cold opening: scene 2 - an office somewhere, with Our Hero and a Sidekick)
Sidekick: I'll never understand how you survived that train crash, Our Hero. But at least that finishes our problems with the railways.
Our Hero: Oh no, Sidekick. Did you not notice that the locomotive was essentially a British Railways standard class 7, yet it was unquestionably intended to appear to be French, but had a data plate on the tender in German - and above all
the tender appears to have been marked as if it's Swiss? Our problems may be just beginning...
(titles)