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A Walnut Grove film studio made a major investment in its future as a sought-after destination for the film and TV industry, spending $1 to buy a used subway train car.

TransLink is retiring the Mark I fleet vehicle, which has been given a new home. Lumostage Virtual Productions has repurposed its car into a full-service 180 degree LED stage for film and television productions.

“So this was a 1986 Mark 1 Skytrain which I fondly remember from Expo 86 when I was four years old,” said Lumostage COO and co-founder Angus Luk-Ramsey.

In addition to the $1 purchase, the studio had to shell out for some other expenses.

“When you get the SkyTrain, you find out that that’s not the last dollar you’re going to spend,” Luk-Ramsey chuckled.

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