This is the moment trainspotters were left gutted after a mainline service blocked their view of an iconic steam locomotive.
Enthusiasts arrived at the railway station on Thursday an hour early to catch a glimpse of the Black Five steam train – which was just passing through.
But sadly they stood on the wrong platform at Bath Spa station and a Great Western service stopped in front of them, seconds before the locomotive arrived.
The 10.56am to Bristol Temple Meads pulled away again, but it was all too late for fanatics who arrived early for the spectacle and waited patiently on platform one.
Enthusiasts arrived at the railway station on Thursday an hour early to catch a glimpse of the Black Five steam train – which was just passing through
But sadly they stood on the wrong platform at Bath Spa station and a Great Western service stopped in front of them, seconds before the locomotive arrived
There are 18 surviving examples of the Black Five which was introduced in 1934.
It is not the first time that a mainline service has left trainspotters bitterly disappointed.
Last February an enthusiast who drove 50 miles and waited nearly an hour to see the Flying Scotsman suffered the same situation.
Ryan Allen, of Spilsby, Lincolnshire, thought he had set up at the perfect spot next to the East Coast Main Line in the village of Little Bytham.
But he was left bitterly disappointed when a commuter train whizzed by at the exact moment the locomotive passed.
The Flying Scotsman’s incredible engineering prowess was demonstrated when it became the first train to break the 100mph barrier in 1934.
The mainline train pulled away again, but it was all too late for fanatics who arrived early for the spectacle and waited patiently on platform one
This is the moment trainspotters were left gutted after a mainline service blocked their view of an iconic steam locomotive
The original Flying Scotsman train service began in Edinburgh in 1862 and still runs today.
Its journey between Edinburgh and London took ten hours and stopped just once – for a half an hour stop for lunch at York.
The National Railway Museum bought the locomotive for £2.3million in 2004 before work got under way on its restoration two years later.
For its restoration, Flying Scotsman was painted in its original livery of British Rail green and had its nameplates have been reattached.
There are 18 surviving examples of the Black Five which was introduced in 1934 (stock image)