Wednesday, March 20, 2024

From the BBC news

 

A steam train that appeared in the Harry Potter films has been suspended in a wrangle over safety regulation.

West Coast Railways (WCR) has been challenging demands for central locking systems to be fitted to carriage doors on its Jacobite service.

WCR said it had suspended the service while it sought an exemption to the rules from rail regulator the Office of Rail and Road (ORR).

The Jacobite and its crossing of the Glenfinnan Viaduct, near Fort William, featured in 2002's Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.