East coast main line and iconic steam train forced to stay during London-York journey due to fans taking pictures from tracksAfter a 10-year refit costing £4.2m and meticulous (extremely careful about details) preparation,Flying Scotsman’s much-anticipated return to the track was briefly halted by an unforeseen obstacle – overexcited fans.As the world-eminent locomotive travelled from London to York on Thursday for the inaugural journey since its hiatus, its progress was rudely interrupted by dozens of hardy steam enthusiasts standing on the line to try to photograph the national treasure.
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Source: theguardian.com