The actions of a mindless minority today along the line was dangerous and thoughtless, not to mention the wider repurcussions of negative press and disruption. Having just seen that video - the signal aspects are on green - what a foolish risk to take, on a mainline, with stock travelling at speed, with hundreds of lives onboard.
However the majority, at least from my experience at York today were excellent - very courteous, obeying staff orders and it was a pleasant, magical moment at York to see the Scotsman come in.
I want to thank the staff at York today and for all involved in getting this set up. Certainly a lot of enthusiasm, with the PA announcer getting into it with mexican waves and providing frequent updates.
The Virgin Trains platform staff were all professional and polite - even when dealing with what was becoming a bit of a crush on the end of 10/11 at one point. The drivers passing through on various TPE and Virgin services at Platform 11 also gave happy greetings as they left; 91105, 185125 and 185144 in particular - 91 horns dare to say are deafening when caught off guard!
The high levels of people, young and old, taking an interest in this national icon was excellent to see, and I sincerely hope that the actions of a minority today don't have further repurcussions for steam operations.