text: Photographing trains: Flying Scotsman – Dragon Sanctuary Blog
  I went to Didcot on the Saturday and was able to get a ride behind the Scotsman, the rest of the day was mostly spent at the side of the main demonstration line taking video and still shots.
  This is the video I made of my visit.
  Some of my photographs can be found on my website here.
  I was not able to get a ticket for any of the West Somerset Railway's specials, but I did manage to get along to the railway for the final two days to see it.
  The first day I headed out to Watchet station, the day didn't start out well because I'd only just parked the car when it started seriously raining! Thankfully the storm didn't last long so I set off along the footpath alongside the railway and choose a spot partway down a slope with a good view of the line. I was very glad my tripod has a spirit level built in as being on a slope all three legs had to be set to different lengths so getting the video camera level would have been quite a challenge.
  After a short while Flying Scotsman let its presence known and I started the video and left it to its own devices while I took aim with the DSLR and was able to get some good shots of the locomotive as it came round the curve towards Watchet station, of all the video I shot over the two days I think this was the best video footage I took.
  On the second day I intended to go to Crowcombe Heathfield but I missed the signpost to the event car park. When I realised I'd gone too far along the A358 I started to look for somewhere to turn round but shortly after I saw a sign to Stogumber station and decided that that would do just as well. Arriving at Stogumber I was able to park in the station car park and once I'd paid for my platform ticket and souvenir booklet I set up the trusty tripod and waited.
  In due time the Scotsman appeared and the video camera was started and left to do its thing while I fired away with the DSLR. Weather wise it was a much better day than the previous one and I spent the whole day at Stogumber chatting to the friendly station staff and sitting in the nice picnic area in-between trains.