You Say Run Goes With Everything: The Polar Express

hero boy goes on a magic train and listens to weeb music

[ryansmith]

Who the hell greenlit the idea to build a train track running straight through the floor of an Arctic lake?

[cefxsdm-]

That Engineer, fireman, and conductor are the best drift team of all time.

[thecatsnailthing]

1:56 I like how that tiny ass pin cracked the ice, but the entire weight of a passenger train drifting on it didn’t.

[thetwelfth]

“He’s not pulling levers randomly...every single pull...is more than a 100% of his power!”

[LL-ndbc]

I don’t care what anyone says, this scene here is the best scene from any christmas movie made ever.

[krow]

"A REAL CONDUCTOR...ALWAYS FINDS A WAY TO REACH HIS DESTINATION ON TIME!"

"BELIEVE"

"PLUS ULTRAIN"

[captainsinclair]

That engineer in a previous life was one of the Titanic’s engine room personnel. He’s been given a second chance with the Polar Express, and he has sworn an oath to keep that train on the rails and out of harm’s way AT ALL COSTS. His quick and fast lever pulling is to make the train Torque Steer with as much momentum as he can keep it with. It’s almost exactly what the engineers on Titanic did when they used the reverse motion on the propellers to aid in maneuvering the ship… in that one James Cameron movie. Confirm or deny if that was real, historians.

[doublenikkel]

Are we gonna just ignore the fact that my man executed a perfect j-turn in a steam locomotive?

[ghostgabe]

This entire sequence is far more badass than it has any right to be

[rhysdavies]

"Young man, you too can be a train driver!"

[TheKemeticJustice]

2:24 This part syncs up so well its unbelievable

[oscarmichel]

Everybody gangsta till the train starts speaking Japanese

[hoarauthomas]

2:15 this kid . . . He's stand user !

[kisho]

Ah yes, a classic moment in contemptible history where Deku learns the importance of santa.

[NoOne-sreb]

A real conductor always finds a way to get back on track!

[somerandomdudeontheinterne]

The conductor when the engineer can’t hear them: WE ARE F***ED

[booksrule]

You can never claim you drift until you drift a train like that on a frozen lake. Till then you are nothi g

[EssDee]

3:31, I feel like the music swelling here is such a great touch. They found tracks, they have hope.

[SmolingTheBean]

The conductor sounds like he's been through this multiple times

[isengrom]

One small thing I noticed about this scene, while it isn't the most realistic movie, they did realistically animate what wheel slip looks like. When the pistons go full speed, that's a wheel slip. It can happen on ice or when getting the train first moving, basically when it doesn’t have traction or momentum. Its the attention to small details that I love the most