THE world renowned Flying Scotsman steam train stopped off at Westbury railway station this morning at around 11.30am, as the legendary locomotive made its way to Salisbury.
Crowds gathered on the station's platforms to see the world's most famous steam train, which made history in 1934 when it became the first to reach 100mph, in the flesh.
Its highly anticipated journey to the south coast was in jeopardy following a recent mechanical problem with its injectors, but mechanics fixed the fault just in time for the train to hit the tracks.
It will now head on to Salisbury and will then make a round-trip through Southampton, ending back at Salisbury at around 4pm.
The National Railway Museum bought the train for £2.3 million in 2004, before work got under way on its decade long restoration, which will cost £4 million in total.
Exact timings of the Flying Scotsman's tour are not published to reduce the chances of people standing on the track in an effort to get as close as possible to the locomotive.
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