Take a drink…

• Whenever anyone uses ridiculous British slang (double if it’s Jim Broadbent)
• Whenever you hear a section of the ‘We are bound to others’ speech
• Whenever you hear a part of the Cloud Atlas Sextet being played
• Whenever you see Old Georgie on screen
• Whenever an actor appears in a role as a different race, gender or sexuality than their own
• Whenever you see a reference to a different storyline
• Whenever there’s a heavy handed message about slavery
• Whenever you see a birthmark
• Any time the voiceover gets philosophical
• Any time you want to say “yaaaas” to Bae Doona

There’s something interesting in the idea that we refer to “a train” as an independent entity, when it’s really a collective noun (a set of things formed into a line).

By extension: when you board a carriage, you’re not just riding the train, you’re in the line. You’ve become the train.