Hogwarts Express is Vandalized

Posted on March 23, 2007

The Hogwarts Express has been vandalized. The perpetrators caused $100,000 in damage to the train which is run by the British rail company, West Coast Railways. According to the BBC, six young thugs broke into the train yard and smashed 200 of the train's windows with hammers.

Forensic teams associated with the British Transport Police are still investigating the incident. The attack was not the first time the iconic train has been hit by vandals. In September 2003, the company was forced to spend about $6,000 on repainting one carriage after it was painted with graffiti. No timetable has yet been put on getting the train back up and running, a spokeswoman told BBC News.
The train's red color and the distinctive number 5972 on the front of the engine make it instantly recognizable as the Hogwarts Express. In J.K. Rowling's books, the train carries Harry and his fellow wizardry students to and from the Hogwarts school each year. In real life, it carries tourists around the U.K. during the summer months and was used by Warner Brothers in the Harry Potter film adaptations.

What a bunch of scum. We hope they are found and are sentenced to some kind of incredibly boring, seemingly endless community service project where they have to clean things up and actually help people.