Inspiration
Historical trains

On the other hand "The Rocket" is the train in which Oda is inspired to create the "Rocket Man". In 1824 Edward Pease joined with Michael Longdridge, George Stephenson and his son Robert Stephenson, to form a company to make the locomotives, Robert Stephenson & Company. In October 1829, the Robert Stephenson entered their new locomotive, the Rocket. To increase the heating surface, he replaced the conventional 12 inch diameter iron fire tube with several tubes of 2 inch diameter made of copper. Her cylinders drove on the front pair of wheels and were steeply inclined towards the rear.
Also Tom's name, the one of the legendary carpenter responsible for the Umi Ressha, was inspired by the name of an infantile show called "Thomas the tank engine".