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* The first act of ''Theatre/{{Gypsy}}'' ends on a railroad platform, with rails and wires running off endlessly into the distance toward some far-away point, like the ambitions Rose grandiloquently expresses in the cue for her to sing "Everything's Coming Up Roses." It may be the scene of a TrainStationGoodbye, but it's not the end of the story.

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* Happens in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'', during a sequence where Squall is desperate to save Rinoa, and ''walks'' the railroad from Fishermen's Horizon to Esthar. The railroad spans a whole ocean.
* In ''VideoGame/SpiritsOfAnglerwoodForest'', Chapter 8 ends with a pan up to a train leaving on the horizon. This is shortly before Edgar leaves his new friends and heads to [[spoiler: Angler's Maw]].

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* In the second album of [[Music/TheProtomen The Protomen's]] rock opera, the first half ends when Dr. Light escapes from the lynch mob Wily's propaganda has whipped up when he gets put on a train leading out of the nameless city. Rather than being romanticized or opening up the larger world, however, it serves to highlight that Light's humanist ideals have been rejected, as well as how isolated TheCity is from the rest of the world, which might as well not exist from the perspective of those who live there.

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* The first act of ''Theatre/{{Gypsy}}'' ends on a railroad platform, with rails and wires running off endlessly into the distance toward some far-away point, like the ambitions Rose grandiloquently expresses in the cue for her to sing "Everything's Coming Up Roses."

* The first act of ''{{Gypsy}}'' ends on a railroad platform, with rails and wires running off endlessly into the distance toward some far-away point, like the ambitions Rose grandiloquently expresses in the cue for her to sing "Everything's Coming Up Roses."

* Railroads are very prominent in the most well-hidden ending of ''{{Tsukihime}}'', Kohaku True, both in literal sense, with Shiki traveling to meet up with Kohaku [[spoiler:at the Nanaya Mansion]], and symbolic, representing the beginning of his new life.

A visual motif wherein a railroad stretching from the point of view to the horizon is used as a symbol of a long journey ahead or maybe of the vast world outside. Usually evokes feelings of adventurous thrill and romantic exploration. Alternatively, a train station where many railways converge is used to the same effect. A CoolTrain is optional but the main focus is on the good old rails and sleepers (even in an age of monorails, etc.).

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* Happens in ''FinalFantasyVIII'', during a sequence where Squall is desperate to save Rinoa, and ''walks'' the railroad from Fishermen's Horizon to Esthar. The railroad spans a whole freaking ocean.

* Fairly common in ''FullmetalAlchemist'''s visual imagery, especially both anime's opening themes.

* Fairly common in ''FullmetalAlchemist'''s visual imagery, especially the anime's opening themes.

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* The whole of ''{{Syberia}}'' duology is permeated by this motif: THE railroad begins not far from where Kate first enters the story and ends in the very final cutscene, symbolizing her entire journey into the depths of the surreal.

* In the second album of [[TheProtomen The Protomen's]] rock opera, the first half ends when Dr. Light escapes from the lynch mob Wily's propaganda has whipped up when he gets put on a train leading out of the nameless city. Rather than being romanticized or opening up the larger world, however, it serves to highlight that Light's humanist ideals have been rejected, as well as how isolated TheCity is from the rest of the world, which might as well not exist from the perspective of those who live there.