first, i made the train out of pieces of wood i cut from the source pic.....transformed as needed and shaped to fit. then i darkened the levels on the various pieces....
step 2 of 11
black background layer...
step 3 of 11
star layer - "Trifid Nebula [M20]" by Akarsh Simha on Flickr.com....layered on hard light at lowered opacity