Drivers Ecm 2001 Jeep' title='Drivers Ecm 2001 Jeep' />Great Heck rail crash Wikipedia. The Great Heck rail crash, widely known as the Selby rail crash,1 was a high speed train accident that occurred at Great Heck near Selby, North Yorkshire, England on the morning of 2. February 2. 00. 1. Ten people died, including the drivers of both trains involved, and 8. Main menu My ECU pages, only purpose, is how to repair the easy and very common failures, or where to find a good ECU. Do not let the FUD mongers convince you, that. BMX For Sale New Parts, Bikes, and Vintage Parts for BMX Bikes For Sale. Drivers Ecm 2001 Cummins' title='Drivers Ecm 2001 Cummins' />It remains the worst rail disaster of the 2. United Kingdom. The crash occurred at approximately 0. GMT, when a Land Rover Defender towing a loaded trailer carrying a Renault Savanna estate car swerved off the westbound M6. East Coast Main Line. The vehicle ran 3. The Land Rovers driver, Gary Neil Hart, tried to reverse it off the track, but he could not. Drivers Ecm 2001 CeWhile he was using a mobile telephone to call the emergency services after exiting the vehicle, the Land Rover was hit by a southbound GNERInter. City 2. 25 heading from Newcastle to London Kings Cross. The Inter. City 2. Class 9. 1 locomotive No. Driving Van Trailer DVT No. After striking the Land Rover, the leading bogie of the DVT derailed but the train stayed upright. Points to nearby sidings then deflected it into the path of an oncoming Freightlinerfreight train carrying coal 5 and travelling from Immingham to Ferrybridge hauled by a Class 6. No. 6. 65. 21. 6 The freight train hit the wreckage approximately 2,1. Land Rover. The impact resulted in the near destruction of the lightweight DVT and severe to moderate damage to all nine of the Inter. City 2. 25s coaches, which mostly overturned and came to rest down an embankment to the east side of the track, in a field adjacent to the railway line just south of overbridge ECM 27. The trailing locomotive remained upright and suffered minor damage, although it was derailed. The Class 6. 6 lost its bogies after impact, with debris of the DVT jammed underneath rupturing its fuel tank. The freight locomotive then overturned onto its left side coming to rest in the garden of a residence adjacent to the line to the north of the same bridge. The locomotive sustained major damage to its cab area and right side. The first nine wagons following it were also derailed and damaged to varying extents. Immediately before the impact of the two trains, the speed of the Inter. City 2. 25 was estimated as 8. With an estimated closing speed of 1. UK. 1. 0OutcomeeditBoth train drivers, two additional train crew on board the Inter. City 2. 25, and six passengers died. Those who died were all killed as a result of the second collision. Survivors of the accident included a train driving instructor Andrew Hill, who was travelling in the cab of 6. Class 6. 6, a driver with 2. Among those killed were 1. John Weddle, from Throckley GNER driver. Stephen George Dunn, from Brayton Freightliner driver. Raymond Robson, from Whitley Bay GNER train guard. Paul Taylor, from Newcastle GNER chef. The coaches of the Inter. City 2. 25 were carrying 9. The early morning 0. Newcastle resulted in reduced passenger numbers. As it was, 4. 5 of the 5. In total 8. 2 survivors were taken to hospital. The official incident report praised the crashworthiness of the Inter. City 2. 25s Mark 4 coaches. An unusual aspect of the emergency response was the need to carry out disinfecting procedures at the scene because of the 2. UK foot and mouth crisis in the United Kingdom. Aftermathedit. A memorial to the Great Heck rail disaster. Hart escaped the incident unscathed and was later tried on ten counts of causing death by dangerous driving. Locomotive No. 6. Driver Steve Dunn George, in memory of the Freightliner driver killed in the accident. It carries a plaque commemorating the accident In remembrance of a dedicated engineman Driver Steve George Dunn was tragically killed in the accident at Great Heck on 2. February 2. 00. 1. Dunns son James who was nine at the time of the crash later became a train driver. John Weddle, the GNER driver killed in the accident was also honoured by way of a new driver training school in his home city of Newcastle which was named after him. In a ceremony attended by members of his family his 1. Stephanie unveiled a plaque dedicating the school to his memory. Barry Needham, also a railway employee, was also commemorated by the naming of 6. This locomotive also carries an explanatory plaque. Coincidentally, 9. Hatfield rail crash four months earlier. The locomotive escaped with only slight damage on both occasions. Following technical upgrade of the Class 9. Legal proceedingseditHart denied the charges, claiming that his car had suffered a mechanical fault, or had collided with an object on the road. An investigation, including reconstruction of the Land Rover to demonstrate that it was not mechanically defective, concluded that Hart had been driving in a sleep deprived condition, and had not applied the brakes as it went down the embankment. It later transpired that Hart had stayed up the previous night talking on the telephone to a woman he had met through an Internet dating agency. Hart later stated that although he had witnessed the impact between the Inter. City 2. 25 and his Land Rover, he had not been aware of the more serious collision with the freight train until informed by police several hours later. On 1. 3 December 2. Campaigners drew attention to what they claimed was the inadequate length of the crash barriers alongside the motorway. According to the Health and Safety Executives final report, the Land Rover had left the road 3. A 2. 00. 3 Highways Agency review of crash barriers on bridges over railways concluded that only three bridges nationwide were in need of upgrading. The bridge at Great Heck was not one of them. By October 2. 00. Harts insurers had paid out over 2. Gary Harts insurers, through Harts name, sued the Department for Transport for a contribution to damages paid to GNER and the victims, alleging a degree of causation on the grounds that the safety barrier was inadequate contributory negligence. The High Court Judge ruled the loss was too remote from any perceived shortcoming with standard national infrastructure, noting the jurys verdict and previous findings of fact. See alsoeditReferenceseditHart guilty of Selby rail crash deaths. The Telegraph. 1. December 2. 00. 1. Retrieved 6 March 2. Scooby Doo Unmasked Pc on this page. Rail crash unavoidable report. Mail Online. 2. 4 February 2. Retrieved 2. 4 February 2. Piggott, Nick, ed. July 2. 00. 1. Freightliner orders 1. The Railway Magazine. Vol.  1. 47 no.  1,2. London IPC Media. ISSN 0. 03. 3 8. Wainwright, Martin 5 December 2. Rail crash inquiry calls for monitors. Guardian Unlimited. Retrieved 2. 5 August 2. Selby rail crash car driver Gary Hart blames fate, BBC News, 2. February 2. 01. 1. Retrieved 1. 6 July 2. Stokes, Paul 6 March 2. Four more Selby crash victims identified. The Telegraph. Retrieved 6 March 2. Selby rail crash car driver Gary Hart blames fate. BBC News. 2. 8 February 2. Retrieved 6 March 2. Marsden, Colin November 2. Freightliner honours Great Heck driver. Enron. The Railway Magazine. Vol.  1. 47 no.  1,2. London IPC Media. ISSN 0. 03. 3 8. Courage of families praised at Great Heck memorial service. The York Press. 2. February 2. 01. 1. Retrieved 4 March 2. Selby rail driver honoured. BBC News. 1. 0 July 2. Retrieved 4 March 2. Dingle, Geoffrey. Alexis Adams 12 2014. Stafford. railwayherald. Railway Herald. Retrieved 6 March 2. Piggott, Nick, ed. March 2. 00. 2. Twin crash locos new identity. The Railway Magazine. Vol.  1. 48 no.  1,2. London IPC Media. ISSN 0. 03. 3 8. Selby crash motorist receives five year sentence.