Date: 14/10/2017

A family stranded in the Scottish Highlands have been rescued by the 'Hogwarts Express' steam train. Jon and Helen Cluett and their four young children were staying at a remote bothy in Lochaber when their canoe was swept away by a swollen river. Facing a long walk back to their car across boggy land, they phoned the police for advice. To their delight, they arranged for the steam train used in the Harry Potter films to pick them up.

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Hogwarts Express rescues stranded family

BBC News

The train featured in the Harry Potter films picked them up after their canoe was swept away.

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