It's behind you! Trainspotter inches from death after he fails to notice the 2.45pm Cambridge express hurtling towards him

As this dedicated trainspotter stood alongside a set of tracks with his video camera fixed on the approaching train, he forgot to do one thing - look the other way. As these astonishing images show, the man came within inches of death as a passenger train hurtled past him. The enthusiast is seen standing dangerously close to the tracks in order to get a close view of old steam train the