The original Train from the movie, today it is a tourist attraction.
The engine used for the Harry Potter film was originally GWR "Hall"
Class 4-6-0
No.5972 "Olton Hall". Built at Swindon in 1937,
No.5972."Olton Hall" was one of a
class of 330 versatile mixed traffic
locomotives, designed by Charles Collett
for the Great Western Railway.
No.5972 is now set to find new fame as the
"Hogwarts Express" locomotive
in the Warner Brothers' film of the phenomenally
successful Harry
Potter stories.
The Original Hornby Train Set
The Märklin Edition "Harry Potter Set 29550"
The customer wanted a smoke unit installed. Here is the problem, the mounting
screw for the frame is exactly underneath the smoke stack. There is no way
to install a smoke generator because the boiler diameter is too small for the
smoke unit. Also it needs a special smoke device in this plastic body, just the
top
part of the smoke stack is metal. But there must be a way to do this...
The frame mounting screw has to move to another place.
Here the original frame with the mounting screw hole.
The plastic body is not a big problem, the installation hole for the smoke unit.
A special insolated Seuthe smoke generator is installed.
On the left the new aluminum mounting bracket with a 2mm thread.
Here is the new mounting hole in the front of the frame.
The loco assembled again, here the old (left) and the new mounting screw.
The first smoke is released on the test stand.
Harry Potter loco at the test layout for a "burn in" run.
The loco has a new Hornby motor installed.
The old motor with armature.
The armature was completely burned and worn.
The loco has an ESU LokSound mfx decoder installed in the tender.
The sound is a mix out
of English Steam locos to make an authentic sound
for this four cylinder
Hall class steam engine in a 4-6-0 configuration.
The project is done! Loco is back to the customer's layout.
I wish Märklin would start another production of this train set.