(26 Oct 2014, 9:26 pm)aureolin wrote Careful with that in itself though. You'll lose stability of your image on the slightest movement. You'd be better off standing somewhere closer to the subject, i.e. edge of the pavement. Plenty of places in Newcastle, Chester, Gateshead, etc, for that.
When I took a few photos at the station yesterday I took a few on my iPod and a few on the TZ55, and the TZ55 had some really good photos of the trains, mind!