VIDEO: Flying Scotsman stops at Newbury Raceourse train station

Hundreds of Newbury residents flocked to Newbury Racecourse train station this morning (Wednesday) to get a peek of one of the nation’s most famous locomotives.

Flying Scotsman stopped briefly to take on water on its way from London Paddington to Salisbury, a journey that is part of its centenary celebrations.

Arriving at around 11.24am, the Scotsman remained at the racecourse station until 11.47am.

Were YOU at the station today? Please email cameron.blackshaw@newburynews.co.uk if you have anything you’d like to say about the Scotsman.

To see more pictures of the train and to find out more about its brief stop in Newbury, pick up next week’s edition of the Newbury Weekly News on Thursday, June 29.