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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Then Ron skilfully navigates the flying Ford Anglia between the bridge’s arches before saving Harry.

In 1827, Ottaline Gambol rose to the office of Minister for Magic, and she made a daring and controversial suggestion to solve the ages-old problem of how to transport hundreds of students to and from Hogwarts Castle every school year without attracting the Muggles' attention. The Jacobite steam train between Fort William and Mallaig runs between early April and October 2023.Travelling on Harry Potter’s Hogwarts Express train in Scotland is a double five-star magical experience. Every inch of the platform’s glass roof, yellow brick walls and luggage racks, designed by Production Designer Stuart Craig, has been painstakingly reassembled by a team led by Construction Manager Paul Hayes and dressed by Set Decorator Rosie Goodwin. Please note, box and model dimensions are shown as identical however only represent the box/package size. In brilliant Hogwarts Red and containing a DCC Ready 5972 locomotive with a working headlight, plus two coaches, this set makes a perfect gift or addition for any Harry Potter fan! That being said, there are no official records as to whether the service is operated on just one day at the start and end of term, or for several days on a timetable, or whether or not the coaches are charmed to be bigger on the inside than the outside similar to tents.

Travelling along the West Highland Line is a breathtaking experience with stunning scenery of kaleidoscopic-coloured moors, snow-capped mountains, shimmering lochs and rugged coast. Around 40 minutes into the journey, the train slows down – and may pause – as it crosses the Glenfinnan Viaduct.Towards the end of Loch Eilt – around 3 miles (5 km) later – you’ll be on the part of the track used for filming the Hogwarts Express in the movies and near the island of Dumbledore’s grave. From the same clip at 1 min 17 secs, Eilean na Moine is the island to the left of the flying white owl. The bridge from that scene is one of Scotland’s most famous landmarks, the Glenfinnan Viaduct, which you will go over along the way. In May 2009, it was moved temporarily to the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway, and in July 2009, it was based at Tyseley Locomotive Works for use on some of the regular Shakespeare Express trains run by Vintage Trains during the summer.