"JohnMc" <johncnj@bigpond.com.remove.this@this@this> wrote in message 
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> "ten/mark" <tenchsama@cox.net> wrote in message
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>> > Wll, as I said it seems to be a common theme, still wonder what the
> source
>> is
>>
>> ten/mark
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> Possibly "Night Train to the Stars" by Kenji Miyazawa?  Written in 1927, 
> and
> published in 1941, this predates modern anime & manga.
> A quick Google with "night train to the stars" as the search string bought
> up about 500 entries, a concise one is:
>
> http://www.sensorium.org/linkedsense/feb19/references/ginga.html
>
> It would be starting point, anyway...
>

"Night Train to the Stars" = "Night on the Galactic Railroad", which laurie 
mentioned above.  Highly recommended.

gS