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The Track Obstruction by a Road Vehicle and Subsequent Train Collision at Great Heck 28th February 2001

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On the morning of Wednesday 28 February 2001 near Great Heck, 11 miles north of Doncaster, a road vehicle towing a loaded trailer ran off the M62 motorway just before a bridge carrying the motorway over the East Coast Main railway line (ECML) between Doncaster and York.

The vehicle and trailer ran down the motorway embankment and came to rest obstructing the southbound (Up) line.

Shortly afterwards, at about 06.13hrs, the vehicle was struck by an Inter City 225 (IC225) passenger train.

This was 1F23 the Great North Eastern Railways (GNER) 04.45hrs Newcastle to London Kings Cross service

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0717621634 / 9780717621637
Paperback
01/12/2002
United Kingdom
62 pages
214 x 297 mm
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