helga hufflepuff is the number on the hogwarts express.
what is the number on the hogwarts express?
helga hufflepuff
the steam engine used in the film adaptations is the gwr 4900 class 5972 "olton hall", but it was not the first locomotive to be disguised as the hogwarts express. to promote the books, the southern railway locomotive "34027 taw valley" was repainted and renamed temporarily, but was rejected by director chris columbus as looking 'too modern' for the film. filming locations for the hogwarts express sequences include goathland on the north yorkshire moors railway, kings cross railway station and the route of the jacobite express which follows the west highland line from fort william to mallaig in scotland, as it crosses the glenfinnan viaduct.
hogwarts
the resort previewed the interior of the hogwarts express in january 2014 through a live cast. in mid-march 2014, universal orlando resort released further information about the ride, including concept animations. the resort announced in june 2014 that the diagon alley expansion, including the hogwarts express, would officially open to the public on july 8, 2014. a week later, universal orlando soft-opened the hogwarts express, without any announcement. within a month of the hogwarts express' opening, one million riders had ridden the hogwarts express. it had taken approximately two and a half years to develop by a team of 150 people.
hogwarts express (universal orlando resort)