When the train car is disconnected, the lights stay on despite the darkness outside. Electricity on trains comes by umbilical from the locomotive, and wouldn't be able to reach the Pullman car.
In fact this is not correct, railway carriages each have a battery box underneath and a dynamo which charges the batteries when moving. The power is supplied from the dynamo and the batteries.
In fact this is not correct, railway carriages each have a battery box underneath and a dynamo which charges the batteries when moving. The power is supplied from the dynamo and the batteries.
Near the end where the Inspector goes to the robbers house, the theme of 'Up to You', the radio show from 5x12: 'Theatre of the Invisible' but at the end with the scene outside Bunty's car they said they weren't continuing with the show.
If this was set in 1953, which has been established, Inspector Mallory would not use the phrase 'all quiet in Dodge', as this was a phrase that was popularized in the television series Gunsmoke which did not start until 1955.
The newspaper at the end shows the date of August 31st 1953, but contains an article named Enemy claims" about the German campaign in Kosovo/Yugoslavia, which took place in the spring of 1941.
At the very end, a driver from the Kembleford Gazette is delivering a bundle of newspapers. He very pointedly opens the back door of his van to its full extent before closing it, but already has the 'papers in his hand. He has no reason to open the door any further once he has picked up the bundle.