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| First carriages moved from wreck | First carriages moved from wreck |
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| Engineers have been working through the night to move carriages from the site of last week's train crash in Cumbria. | Engineers have been working through the night to move carriages from the site of last week's train crash in Cumbria. |
| A 1,000 tonne crane has been lifting the vehicles on to low loaders at the Grayrigg site near Tebay. | |
| Technical problems meant the operation was delayed from Thursday afternoon until the evening. | Technical problems meant the operation was delayed from Thursday afternoon until the evening. |
| One person died and 20 were injured when the Virgin Pendolino London to Glasgow train derailed. The line will not reopen until at least 10 March. | One person died and 20 were injured when the Virgin Pendolino London to Glasgow train derailed. The line will not reopen until at least 10 March. |
| Two new roads have been built to allow access to the site, near Kendal, and heavy lifting equipment has been set up. | Two new roads have been built to allow access to the site, near Kendal, and heavy lifting equipment has been set up. |
| The initial report from the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) said faults with the points meant the tilting train could not follow its intended path over the tracks and became derailed. | The initial report from the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) said faults with the points meant the tilting train could not follow its intended path over the tracks and became derailed. |
| A 800-ton crane was used to hoist coach B from the railway bank. | A 800-ton crane was used to hoist coach B from the railway bank. |
| It was lowered onto a mound of earth at the same angle at which it had come to rest after it careered off the rails so as not to disturb any forensic evidence. | It was lowered onto a mound of earth at the same angle at which it had come to rest after it careered off the rails so as not to disturb any forensic evidence. |
| 'Marks and damage' | 'Marks and damage' |
| Martyn Ripley, British Transport Police's senior officer on site, said because of the way the carriages had landed it had previously been unsafe for anyone to enter them. | Martyn Ripley, British Transport Police's senior officer on site, said because of the way the carriages had landed it had previously been unsafe for anyone to enter them. |
| Once they had been corrected, forensic teams would be able to get inside to start recovering passengers' property. | Once they had been corrected, forensic teams would be able to get inside to start recovering passengers' property. |
| He said: "More importantly we will be able to have a look at the underside of the vehicle to examine it and perhaps gain more forensic evidence. | He said: "More importantly we will be able to have a look at the underside of the vehicle to examine it and perhaps gain more forensic evidence. |
| "There's a possibility there might be marks and damage under the vehicle that will tell experts more information about how the vehicles came off the railway line and give them an indication about how the accident happened." | "There's a possibility there might be marks and damage under the vehicle that will tell experts more information about how the vehicles came off the railway line and give them an indication about how the accident happened." |
| Once all nine carriages are removed it will pave the way for the West Coast Mainline to reopen fully. | Once all nine carriages are removed it will pave the way for the West Coast Mainline to reopen fully. |