A crane is set to arrive in Carlisle today as work continues to recover a derailed train near Carlisle off the tracks.
It will take at least three days to put the crane together, Network Rail said, and then it can start recovering the wagons, one of which entered the River Petteril.
Workers have been removing powdered cement from the wagons, which derailed on Wednesday at the Petteril Bridge Junction at around 8.05pm.
Five wagons came off the tracks in total. No injuries were caused.
The train was pulling 14 loaded cement wagons from Clitheroe to Carlisle.
The incident has resulted in travel misery for passengers, who now have to use a bus replacement service if they are travelling to Newcastle or Leeds, adding up to an hour to journey times. On Sunday, no buses were available and passengers travelling from Newcastle were advised to change at Edinburgh.
It is thought recovery and repairs to the train lines and bridge will take several weeks.
Inspectors from the Rail Accident Investigation Branch have been at the scene, collecting evidence and CCTV footage from on-board cameras.
The Government body is called in as a matter of course when rail accidents occur to carry out an independent review. Inspectors said that the derailment was ‘almost certainly’ caused by a damaged wheel when it met with a set of switches at the junction.
