The Adventures of Mark Twain (1985 film) The Adventures of Mark Twain (1985 film) The Adventures of Mark Twain (released in the United Kingdom as Comet Quest) is a 1985 American stop motion claymation animated fantasy film directed by Will Vinton. It received a limited theatrical release in May 1985. It was released on DVD in January 2006. The film features a series of vignettes extracted from several of Mark Twain's works, built around a plot that features Twain's attempts to keep his "appointment" with Halley's Comet. Twain and three children, Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn and Becky Thatcher, travel on an airship between various adventures. After having
Mark Twain Zephyr shown by Gateway Rail Services in nearby Madison, Illinois to a group from the 2008 St. Louis Railroad Prototype Modelers Meet. A 2011 report from a Burlington railfan says the train is still at Gateway. A Google Maps view of the facility shows the trainset's separate cars grounded inside the main gate area. A fifth "Zephyr" car (car 500), apparently the dinette-coach built for the Pioneer Zephyr, is also stored there. Also the train set is currently for sale* Mark Twain Zephyr The Mark Twain Zephyr was an early four-unit articulated trainset that was similar to the "Pioneer Zephyr" in