Don’t believe the reports claiming that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie rented out an entire train so that they could safely travel to Scotland, where Brad will continue filming World War Z. I mean, a train was rented, but it wasn’t just Brad, Angie, the kids and the entourage on the private train. It was the whole crew of World War Z! So, about 250-350 people in total, it seems. These are photos of their arrival in Glasgow (which is standing in for Philadelphia, oddly enough). The journey from London to Glasgow is 350 miles, and takes five hours by train. Five hours with Brad, Angelina, the kids, the entourage and more than 200 crew members. That must have been a special experience.

Brad Pitt has described his family as being like “a military mobile unit” when they’re on the road.

Tuesday they proved it by boarding a privately hired train to take them and the World War Z crew from London to Glasgow, where Pitt, 47, is filming next.

“Three cars suddenly drove onto the platform from the street, pulled up alongside the train and then they all got out,” an onlooker tells PEOPLE. “Brad was in one car with some of the kids and Angelina was in another with the others. They were all smiling and looked really happy, but then I suppose it’s not every day that a kid gets to have their own train to play with!”

Adds the onlooker: “They had a huge entourage of about 20-30 people with them.”

The Virgin charter is a bespoke service regular used by English soccer clubs that allows clients to personalize the catering and station facilities. As with most English trains this one includes a shop, toilets and a counter serving hot food and drinks. But there is one thing missing: sleeping compartments.

“The price also depends on how far they are going, and the number of carriages they want, as some people want eight carriages and others nine ­– it all depends on the client,” a Virgin spokesperson says.

The sleek, silver-and-red Virgin train that had been specifically chartered for the Jolie-Pitts and estimated 350 associates and crew pulled into Glasgow Central Station at 2:30 p.m. And there were about 100 fans gathered to try to catch a glimpse of the famous family.

Welcome to Scotland
With the Scottish highlands now on their doorstep, Jolie, 36, can finally take a break from the hectic bout of sightseeing that has seen her and 10-year-old Maddox, Pax, 7, Zahara, 6½, Shiloh, 5, Knox and Vivienne, 3, visit a host of London toy stores and theaters in Surrey, where the family have been based during Brad’s filming.

For the next few weeks, the World War Z team will take over the main square of Glasgow (just a few blocks from the train station), which has been converted to look like the American city of Philadelphia to a convincing degree.

[From People]

Apparently, it costs $40,000 or more to “rent” a “private” train for this kind of journey. So… is that more or less expensive than flying everybody? Less expensive, right? It’s probably a nicer journey by train, though. I prefer trains to planes, any day of the week.

So what kind of trouble will Brangelina and the kids get into in Scotland? I’m sure Angelina will hunt out some kind of kid-oriented activity, some museum or theme park or something. I hope she eats something while she’s there too. Not haggis.

UPDATE: The Jolie-Pitts take the cover of People Mag this week:

They’ve munched on crickets in Cambodia and surfed the waves in Cancun, but for the six children of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, life in the boisterous family is as much about everyday bonding as it is the big adventure.

“The children are always playing, jumping on each other and sharing fun moments,” a source tells PEOPLE in this week’s cover story. “They share a special bond.”

Leading the pack: oldest son Maddox, 10, who “is almost like a teenager now, the way he understands things,” says another source. “He’s grown up very quickly.”

But his younger siblings are rapidly growing up, too. Six-year-old Zahara and her 5-year-old sister Shiloh are especially close, while 7-year-old Pax “has become more independent in the past year,” says an insider. And with twins Knox and Vivienne now 3 – they help pack their own suitcases! – the family is settling into a lower-key, if still decidedly adventurous, rhythm.

“Now that all the children are older, things have calmed down a bit in the household,” says the source. “There’s a great family dynamic right now.”

[From People]

I don’t get why this is a cover story…? Conspiracy theory?

Photos courtesy of PCN, WENN.