Carlisle progress but complications put UK reopening back.
Initial hopes that the derailment at Carlisle would be resolved in a matters of days have resolved into weeks. The cement train that came off the tracks in the south east of the English city remains a challenge for engineers. Now a huge crane has been brought on site to lift the stricken wagons away from the crash site.
Damage to infrastructure at Petteril Bridge Junction, the site of the recent cement train derailment, is proving much more extensive than had been hoped. Engineers have a long shift ahead of them, in the hope of reopening the affected Iines sometime in December. Meanwhile traffic heading south and west of Carlisle is restricted to the busy West Coast Main Line.
Video footage
Network Rail, the national infrastructure agency, has released aerial images of operations with the 800-tonne crane, brought on site to lift the derailed cement wagons from the line side and the River Petteril. They say rail engineers are making good progress to recover the derailed freight train, before major repairs can take place to get the railway reopened as soon as possible.
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