The Tornado wasn't due to stop – but that didn't prevent eager spectators from crowding onto footbridges and finding trackside vantage points as it made its way towards London Waterloo.

At Petersfield, Liphook, Liss and Rowlands Castle, places on the station footbridges were at a premium as photographers converged.

At Liphook, the event coincided with the annual classic car day at the Deers Hut pub, and a Stanley steam driven car was driven to the station forecourt just before Tornado passed through.

Andrew Bettger, of Liphook and District Model Railway Club, who took one of several photographs sent to the Post by readers, said: "It passed through with a train of 12 carriages, on time, at just before 2pm."

The Father's Day special excursion had left Waterloo at 10.37am, and travelled via Woking, Basingstoke, Winchester and Easteligh to Botley, where it took on water.

The return leg was made via Fareham, Cosham, Havant and Petersfield, and terminated at Waterloo just after 3pm.

The Tornado then took out another special train, this time from Victoria station, to Herne Bay, Margate, Ramsgate, Folkestone and Dover.

l The picture of Tornado on the front page was taken by Michael Brown as the steam engine approached the railway bridge at Chalton.