Spirit Train on Water scene

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Hand-painted cel animation at 24fps with visible watercolor brush texture in gouache backgrounds. The vintage red (#B22222) train with rounded windows glides silently across mirror-still water, submerged tracks visible beneath the reflective surface. Sky gradients: pale lavender (#E6E6FA), soft peach (#FFDAB9), and twilight blue (#4169E1). Passengers in period clothing sit in silent contemplation, perfect reflections below. Telephone poles stand impossibly in the shallow sea. That distinctive hand-painted atmospheric perspective with soft edges and dreamlike color bleeding.

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