A long-deserted steam train similar to the Hogwarts Express from Harry Potter has been uncovered after "decades" of being hidden away in the Suffolk countryside.
Urban explorer Steve Liddiard, 36, discovered the locomotive after days of tracking it down in the woods. The Daily Record reports that the adventurer began to look for the "Harry Potter" train after he heard rumours of where it could have been discarded a long time ago.
After gathering what research he could find on the old 1950s train, he studied maps and spoke to locals about the train. Eventually, Steve finally found the steam engine in the woods, surrounded by nature and wild thorns.
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Despite his thorough investigations into the antique carriage, Steve could not figure out why the train ended up in the middle of the woods. The Senior Pathology Informatics officer for the NHS, who locates lost or forgotten locations in his spare time, said: "The steam train was one of my best finds, hidden in plain sight.
"Locals seem to know of it, but a total mystery as to where it came from, some stories here and there, but it's a really strange one. A lot of research and map scanning was in order to track it down. There's some bits I have found here and there about it.
"It's now very well protected with thorn bushes and brambles, but enough is still visible to see the scale of it. It's a Harry Potter Hogwarts-style train, but it's a bit of a mystery as to why it's there and sitting on real train tracks.
"There are some rumours that it was bought with purpose of renovating it but nothing concrete. The train was built by a Scandinavian company around 1950.
''It was built to withstand the brutal Finnish winters, but now sits alone on this abandoned piece of track and the elements have corroded it.”
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Despite its last real journey being several decades ago, Steve claims that the train still smells of smoke. He has also decided to keep the location a secret to hide the train from vandals.
Steve added: "The train still smells of oil and smoke even though it hasn't been active for well over half a century. It looks like it has been there for decades.
"I have a passion for urbex and abandoned buildings, structures, objects. My goal is to document these places before they crumble away and are lost completely."
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