'HP Fan Trips' Premiere Tour to Include Ride on 'Hogwarts Express' Train Used in 'Harry Potter' Films
Participants on the first HP Fan Trips tour to Britain will ride on what "Harry Potter" fans worldwide recognize as the "Hogwarts Express" train from the films based on author JK Rowling's popular books.
The announcement was made after Beyond Boundaries Travel, the fan-created group's operating tour company, secured the deal this week with the West Coast Railway Company, the train's owner. The locomotive #5972 doubles as the celluloid version of the "Hogwarts Express" and is being put into service expressly at the request of HP Fan Trips while on exhibit in York for the National Railway Museum's "Rail 200" extravaganza, celebrating 200 years of railways. Trip-goers will have private carriages just like the ones used in the films, with access to a candy trolly and other goodies during the ride.
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Posted by rockygirl at March 1, 2004 08:26 AM