No. It looks like that in pic, but the track is not so far in real. Even I did railfanning there, even though zoom capacity of mine was low, I was helped by other RF in spotting the loco details. A cam with decent telescope lens is enough. Even if sir couldn't manage with his cam, he was surely accompanied by fellow RF who has a point and shoot cam with powerful zoom.
Anyways, lets wait for reply from sir himself. :)