Train lovers miss Hogwarts Express
August 11, 2003 at 10:33 PM ET
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Godric's Hollow (via The Huddersfield Daily Examiner)
The Penistone Line Partnership, which was set up to save the Huddersfield-Penistone-Sheffield route, celebrated its 10th anniversary
this past weekend.
Vintage engines pulled up at Platform 1 as crowds joined the party. Organisers said more than 2,000 visitors turned up throughout the day.
"It's a big birthday bash for us," said organiser Brian Barnsley.
But there was disappointment for some when Olton Hall, the train which became the Hogwarts Express in the Harry Potter films, could not make it to Huddersfield after there were problems moving it from a rally in Doncaster.
Instead, a 70-year-old Stanier 8F express freight locomotive - now used to pull summertime Scarborough Spa Expresses - pulled Hogwarts Express carriages.