Hogwarts Express (Harry Potter)

Hogwarts Express (Harry Potter)

As a New Year special, here is a recreation of the Hogwarts Express from the Harry Potter series of films. The composition of this rake is specifically from The Half-Blood Prince of 2009. The locomotives and coaches are all available from 1997 when the first book was published.

Special thanks are due to JK who kindly let me dissect and reassemble his GWR Castle class mod into a format that was easier for me to work with.

Before anyone mentions it in the comments, I am fully aware that No. 5972 ‘Hogwarts Castle’ is a Hall class with a Castle class name. However, as no GWR Hall class locomotive mod exists, the next best thing was to use an actual Castle class in its place.

Whilst the Mk 1 coaches belonging to West Coast Railways used for filming were painted in BR maroon, I have amended the colour slightly to match the locomotive properly; the correct numbers have been applied to all coaches.

The lining on the locomotive has been changed to the gold/black of the maroon coach colour scheme as, with a reasonable degree of artistic license, I decided that they should both match and that the orange/black GWR-style lining was not particularly noticeable on a red engine.

The set comprises:
BSK – No.99723 Brake Second Corridor Coach
SK – No.99716 Second Corridor Coach
SO – No.99317 Second Open Coach
SK – No.99721 Second Corridor Coach
BSK – No.99312 Brake Second Corridor Coach

The models and other materials are all the intellectual property of JK and PlaneSimple; I am responsible for the textures.

Required items:
GWR 4-6-0 4000 Star, 4073 Castle
British Railways Mark 1 Coaches V2 MEGA PACK