Escaped pony on railway tracks outruns oncoming train

This is the incredible moment an escaped pony standing on railway tracks is about to be hit - before it outruns an oncoming train. <br /><br />The black Friesian had escaped from nearby stables and was looking directly at the approaching locomotive. <br /><br />Drivers at a level crossing sounded their car horns as they tried to warn the horse, which simply stood frozen on the spot.<br /><br />But with onlookers screaming, the pony eventually turned on its heels at the last minute and made a dramatic gallop along the railway sleepers - its tail coming within inches of the speeding train. <br /><br />Miraculously, the pony - with a halter and rope still around its neck - outran the train which eventually came to a stop around 100 metres away as passengers leaned nervously from the windows to check on the fate of the young horse.<br /><br />The horse reappeared unscathed and bounded up from the grassy banks, to the delight and cheers of the passengers and waiting motorists. <br /><br />Onlooker Soraya Kritsanakorn, 23, who recorded the dramatic moment and then walked down the side of the tracks when the train had stopped, said: ''The pony had escaped onto the tracks and was just standing there as the train came.''<br /><br />''We were shouting and beeping the car horn to try and warn it.''<br /><br />''My sister jumped out of the car and went to run towards the horse.<br /><br />''The horse then looked like it realised the danger and started to run away from the train.<br /><br />''Luckily the train driver saw it coming and tried to slow down from its distance.''