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GWR 4900 Class No. 5972 Olton Hall in maroon livery at a platform. — STEAM **Hogwarts Express** Harry Potter Franchise · GWR 4900 Class (4-6-0) · No. 5972 Olton Hall PG

Hogwarts Express · GWR 4900 Class (4-6-0) · No. 5972 Olton Hall The Polar Express · Pere Marquette 1225 (2-8-4 Berkshire) · 1225 The Orient Express · CIWL LX Type carriages / French Est 241 Kyoto-bound Shinkansen · Shinkansen N700S Series The Snowpiercer (1,001 cars) · Fictional perpetual-motion megatrain New Mexico Freight Train · EMD SD40-2 Thomas the Tank Engine · LB&SCR E2 Class (0-6-0T) Various historic workings · BR Class 40 (English Electric Type 4) KTX 101 to Busan · Rotem KTX-I high-speed train The Mugen Train · JGR Class 8620 (Steam 2-6-0) · 58654 (SL Hitoyoshi) The Darjeeling Limited · Indian Railways Class WDM-3A diesel EuroCity trans-European train · ÖBB Class 1014 electric locomotive Galaxy Express 999 · JNR Class C62 (4-6-4 Hudson) The Union Pacific Overland Flyer · D&RGW K-28 Class (narrow-gauge 2-8-2) Thalys international service · Alstom TGV Euroduplex / PBA sets Montenegro Express · ČD Class 680 Pendolino

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Every train that took a bow.

Reel 01 2001 · PG · 2h 32 Harry Potter Franchise Screen trainHogwarts Express Real stockGWR 4900 Class (4-6-0) · No. 5972 Olton Hall Steam View entry

Reel 02 2004 · U · 1h 40 The Polar Express Screen trainThe Polar Express Real stockPere Marquette 1225 (2-8-4 Berkshire) · 1225 Steam View entry

Reel 03 1974 · 12A · 1h 54 Murder on the Orient Express Screen trainThe Orient Express Real stockCIWL LX Type carriages / French Est 241 Steam View entry

Reel 07 1984 · U · 11m Thomas & Friends Screen trainThomas the Tank Engine Real stockLB&SCR E2 Class (0-6-0T) Steam View entry Reel 08 1903 · U · 12m The Great Train Robbery Screen trainVarious historic workings Real stockBR Class 40 (English Electric Type 4) Steam View entry Reel 14 1969 · PG · 1h 50 Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid Screen trainThe Union Pacific Overland Flyer Real stockD&RGW K-28 Class (narrow-gauge 2-8-2) Steam View entry

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Locomotive photography credits

File:5972 "Olton Hall" (3739156535).jpg — Phil Sangwell from United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
File:Steam Railroading Institute Pere Marquette 1225 (10).jpg — Oaktree b, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
File:Series-N700S-J2.jpg — MaedaAkihiko, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
File:KTX-I in Busan Station (15618537248).jpg — Doug Letterman from Oakland, CA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
File:Fourgon 1270 « Orient Express » CIWL - Longueville.jpg — Projet 154, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
File:LB&SCR E2 class No. 109 later 2109.jpg — , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
File:Sierra No. 3 in roundhouse.jpg — Cullen328, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
File:BNSF 1863 (SD40-2) (38481781700).jpg — Tyler Silvest, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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