The Three-Spot Lives! Were it not for a strange twist of fate, the little 10-wheeler you see here might have led a very undistinguished career for a California railroad and been scrapped 80... (more)
This historic marker and small stretch of track mark the Southern Pacific's one time Santa Monica, CA Long Wharf (actually located in today's Pacific Palisades), which was supposed to turn Santa M... (more)
"Hogwarts Castle" at Toddington on the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway at their 25th Anniversary Gala. This is the actual loco used in the Harry Potter movies. It is actually an ex-Great ... (more)
GWR no. 5972 Olton Hall is the actual locomotive used in all the Harry Potter movies and is kept painted as Hogwarts Castle. her we see it at the 25th Anniversary Gala on the Gloucestershire Warwi... (more)
GWR no. 5972 Olton Hall is the actual locomotive used in all the Harry Potter movies. Here we see it, carrying its Hogwarts Castle disguise, at the 25th Anniversary Gala on the Gloucestershire War... (more)
"Hogwarts Express" departs from Toddington on the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway at their 25th Anniversary Gala. This is the actual loco used in the Harry Potter movies. Normally a resi... (more)
"Hogwarts Express" emerging from the mist. The actual loco used in the Harry Potter movies setting off from Toddington Station on the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway at their 25th Anniver... (more)
An eastbound coal drag behind Y6 2129 and class A 1216 pull upgrade near the summit of the Blue Ridge grade. I met several other railfans on this trip and one of them must have been Jerry Carson ... (more)
Seen at the West Coast railway Open Weekend at Carnforth. A view of the driver of 5972 Hogwarts Castle (aka Olton Hall). This is the loco used in the Harry Potter movies.
5972 Hogwarts Castle (real name Olton Hall) seen side by side with an old steam roller at the West Coast Railway Open Day at Carnforth. WCRC own this loco, which is used in the Harry Potter movies... (more)
GWR no. 5972 Olton Hall on display at the Great Gathering at Crewe Works in 2005. This is the locomotive used in the Harry Potter movies and is painted in a special livery for this. It carries a "... (more)
