<P> When filmed , Olton Hall carried a `` Hogwarts Express '' headboard on the smokebox , featuring the Hogwarts school crest . The same emblem is featured as part of the `` Hogwarts Railways '' sigil on the tender and carriages . It retains its GWR number of 5972 , but with alternative nameplates fitted , naming the engine Hogwarts Castle . It is painted in a crimson livery -- a non-standard colour , as Great Western Railway locomotives traditionally used green . </P>
<P> When filmed , Olton Hall carried a `` Hogwarts Express '' headboard on the smokebox , featuring the Hogwarts school crest . The same emblem is featured as part of the `` Hogwarts Railways '' sigil on the tender and carriages . It retains its GWR number of 5972 , but with alternative nameplates fitted , naming the engine Hogwarts Castle . It is painted in a crimson livery -- a non-standard colour , as Great Western Railway locomotives traditionally used green . </P>
what is the number on the hogwarts express
what is the number on the hogwarts express
5972
5972