Owners write off derailed locomotive due to costs
The freight engine, named the Eco Express, will be cannibalised for spare parts despite escaping serious damage, although experts said it was “incredibly unusual” to write off a locomotive that was only ten years old and cost upto £2m.
It has not been moved since it struck a boulder on a remote stretch of the Glasgow-Fort William line above Loch Treig more than seven months ago, which is three miles from the nearest road. The driver, who escaped injury, was rescued by helicopter.
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