Jacobite Steam Train on Glenfinnan Viaduct

The Jacobite steam train runs every weekday in the summer from Fort William to Mallaig and back in the Scottish Highlands, crossing the Glenfinnan Viaduct en route, the viaduct made famous in the Harry Potter films as the Hogwarts Express crosses it. In fact, the loch at Glenfinnan (behind the video taker) is the one on which the castle is superimposed.

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• scotland
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• harry
• potter

[WeeImmy]

seems to go very slowly...

I'm sure it goes faster than that in the movies

[euphbass]

It struggles - it's all uphill out of Mallaig! It can go faster in the other direction (but generally doesn't - it usually slows and or stops of the viaduct to let people take pictures!).

[acchos]

its the hogwarts express

[euphbass]

It's not, but it's the same line. The train here is The Jacobite, which isn't the one they used for the films.

[damusername01]

what class of train is she ?????

[3NUNS]

@WeeImmy yes, if one runs the film quicker

[RainbowMonkeyButts]

so cool

[Piltdownpaul]

I walked along that path under the viaduct in 2009 -that viaduct is something else. Its very high when you are underneath it.

[3NUNS]

such authentic sound

[strafrag1]

very pretty country. nothing beats a live steam spewing locomotive.thanks for posting.

[11AJH11]

i cant wait to go that train when my mom takes me to scotland again!!!!!!!!

[sharpenedcrayons]

Not gunna lie - this is just awesome.

[Tatooineprincess]

Wonderful. Thank you very much for climbing the hills.