About 5 minutes in, the engine on the train arriving at the destination station, carrying Amy and her, now dead, mother, is a completely different, larger, more modern one, with smoke deflectors, than the older one on the train at the start of the journey. The train never stopped in the course of the journey, so could not have changed engines.
Someone has already pointed out the continuity issues with the steam locos at the start of the film but the situation is actually more complex.
There may be as many four different locos.
No.1 Only seen from the side in the station.
No. 2 In transit. Clearly not the same as No.1 looking at the dome and features on top of boiler. Also the consist of the train seems different; where is the passenger car?
No.3 Seen from the track bed. Completely different to No.2. It has cow catchers, while No.2 has twin buffers.
No. 4 Shown in station at night, after the death of the aunt. Completely different type of loco, bigger, more modern, smoke deflectors. Almost certainly a German Class 52 'war loco'. This is a standard gauge type while No.2 and No. 3 are narrow gauge.
There may be as many four different locos.
No.1 Only seen from the side in the station.
No. 2 In transit. Clearly not the same as No.1 looking at the dome and features on top of boiler. Also the consist of the train seems different; where is the passenger car?
No.3 Seen from the track bed. Completely different to No.2. It has cow catchers, while No.2 has twin buffers.
No. 4 Shown in station at night, after the death of the aunt. Completely different type of loco, bigger, more modern, smoke deflectors. Almost certainly a German Class 52 'war loco'. This is a standard gauge type while No.2 and No. 3 are narrow gauge.
The screen caption "Belgian Congo 1963" erroneously indicates that the introductory scene next to the passenger train occurred during Belgium's colonial rule of the country--a rule which ended in 1960.
Furthermore, on the side of the railway car is a blue flag with a yellow star in its center--the flag which represented Belgium's rule from 1879-1960.
The correct flag for 1963--then officially the Republic of the Congo--was a blue flag with a yellow star in its center as well as six smaller stars vertically aligned alongside the flag's left border (source: Wikipedia).
Furthermore, on the side of the railway car is a blue flag with a yellow star in its center--the flag which represented Belgium's rule from 1879-1960.
The correct flag for 1963--then officially the Republic of the Congo--was a blue flag with a yellow star in its center as well as six smaller stars vertically aligned alongside the flag's left border (source: Wikipedia).
When the burned priest's hand appears out of the lift, the mechanics of the hand device are clearly visible.
Apparently it's important that the devil snake thing be passed on down the same bloodline. But if it came from Africa to start with then it should be in an African family. So it would seem that it's not so fussy after all.