Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25701646-20150429214217/@comment-25701646-20150501001356

Utter solitude wrote:

ROSSELLA1 wrote: I've been wondering whether or not the train was an illusion. After all, the others didn't seem to react to it as if it was a threat, no reason for a train in Storybrooke, and they couldn't go outside of Storybrooke (unless maybe, once the scroll's read, they can go back in an infintite number of times). Other than sloppy story-writing the only explanation is the train wasn't real. Cruella couldn't have done it, but Maleficent and maybe Ursula (haven't explored her powers too much) could have. I like your theory that it was an illusion.

However, I just have to point out (as I often do XD ) that trains are a common staple in the US, and, as I understand it (I have a friend who lives in rural Maine) especially in Maine. Many supplies are delivered by trains as a supplement and alternative to trucks, especially in winter. It might even be the train that brings all the supplies (that magically appear on the train, at least in my head XD it would have made sense during the Curse)

But the idea that one of the QoDs was conjuring it up is just wonderful Thanks! While trains are common, they are usually used when going far distances. Storybrooke isn't big enough to need a train. Although if Eskaver is right that the writers claimed it was real, then it was probably real. I feel like they're just expanding it as they need to, though, and, to do that, it seems more like backtracking to fix a mistake then a genuine feature to the show. If it was coming from outside, it couldn't pass through and remain a threat because, while it's never addressed whether Storybrooke citizens can see cars driving over the space they live in, there would be a huge amount of cars crashing into houses and people if the people who can't see anything/one in Storybrooke could affect the people inside Storybrooke. The curse can only affect Storybrooke, so it couldn't put the supplies on the train outside the bounds and then come into Storybrooke. Magic is different in this world to the point where Regina, Gold, Ingrid can't use it outside Storybrooke.