Thousands of people lined bridges and stations along the East Coast Main Line today to see the inaugural journey of the Flying Scotsman.
The locomotive travelled from Kings Cross station to York following a decade-long, £4.2million refit.
Ryan Allen, from South Yorkshire, was one of the many who waited for hours to see the iconic train.
After driving 50 miles from his home, he parked near the railtrack at Little Bytham in Lincolnshire to get a good view of the Flying Scotsman passing by.
But after waiting 40 minutes, his effort was not rewarded when a Virgin train obscured the view of the locomotive at the crucial moment.