Lionel Harry Potter Hogwarts Express Ready to Play Model Train Set with Track | Battery-powered 4-6-0 set with Lights, Sound Effects and Remote, Black, Dark Red, Gold

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When filmed, Olton Hall carried a "Hogwarts Express" headboard on the smokebox, featuring the Hogwarts school crest. The same emblem is featured as part of the "Hogwarts Railways" sigil on the tender and carriages. It retained its GWR number of 5972, but with alternative nameplates fitted, naming the engine Hogwarts Castle. It is painted in a crimson livery — a non-standard colour, as GWR locomotives traditionally used green. [6] The whistle that the locomotive used in the movies was recorded from BR Standard Class 7 70000 "Britannia. The renaming as "...Castle" has become a railway preservation joke: "...the Hall that thinks it's a Castle"—the Great Western Railway Castle Class engines were different and larger. We recommend you book your Jacobite trip as early as possible. It sells out months in advance, and there’s only limited availability the rest of the time. Harry Potter-style first-class compartments are open to book on morning services only. These enclosed compartments seat six people with a door that leads to a corridor running the entire length of the carriage. Food and drink

In 1997 the train was twice stopped en-route to Hogwarts; first by Death Eaters searching for Harry Potter, where they were met with some resistance from its occupants, [14] and the second during the Christmas holidays, when they abducted Luna Lovegood in retaliation for her father's rebellious printings. [15] See our romance on the rails article and Cornwall by rail for more fabulous train journeys in Britain. Top off your trip and stay at one of Britain’s finest railway hotels. There were usually no adults aboard the Hogwarts Express except the trolley witch and the driver. [3] [12] Occasionally, new teachers (such as Remus Lupin and Horace Slughorn) could be found aboard the train as well. [12] [13] According to the trolley witch, the train didn't take kindly to students who tried to leave when it was moving, possibly implying that it had some form of sentience. [18] Behind the scenes [ ]The operators of The Jacobite – West Coast Railways – provided the Hogwarts Express steam engine and carriages for the Harry Potter films. Some of the first-class carriages in The Jacobite are similar to those in the movies. The Jacobite: 2023 Dates and times

Loch Elit featured in shots of Hogwarts grounds, and an island on the loch – called Eilean na Moine – was used as the place of Dumbledore’s grave. They appeared in the Chamber of Secrets, the Prisoner of Azkaban, the Goblet of Fire, and the Deathly Hallows Parts 1 and 2. Fort William is known as ‘the outdoor capital of the UK’ and lives up to its reputation. We did some walking and sightseeing at Glencoe, Glenfinnan (and got up close to the viaduct) and took a gondola to the Nevis Range. Discover the beauty of the Scottish Highlands and ride the Jacobite steam train on a round-trip day out from Inverness.The Platform 9 3⁄4 set at Warner Brothers: The Making of Harry Potter is the next best thing if you can’t ride Scotland’s Hogwarts Express. Situated just outside London, Platform 9 3/4 is more than a recreated film set.

https://web.archive.org/web/20200125202052if_/http://www.uksteam.info/tours/t14/t0712a.htm 12th July timings Funny way to get to a wizard's school, the train. Magic carpets all got punctures, have they?" — Vernon Dursley to Harry Potter [src]The second confrontation between Harry and Draco Malfoy occurred on the train on the way to Hogwarts when Draco sneered at Ron and offered Harry his friendship. Harry turned down Draco's offer abruptly, marking the beginning of a long-standing enmity and hatred between the two boys. [3] These enmity continued throughout their years at Hogwarts. Olton Hall is a preserved Great Western Railway Hall class locomotive made famous for being depicted to pull the Hogwarts Express in the Harry Potter film series. Our link with Harry Potter". Woodham Brothers. Archived from the original on 27 July 2009 . Retrieved 19 October 2008. The Jacobite steam train between Fort William and Mallaig runs between early April and October 2023. Seats book up extremely fast; you must book early in the season.