London - Recovery teams yesterday began lifting the first of the mangled carriages away from the track at the scene of the Selby train disaster.
Straps and chains were placed around one of the wrecked carriages and a giant crane slowly lifted it from the track side and guided it into a field at the side. Search teams will now examine the area where the train had been.
Supt Tony Thompson of British Transport Police said: "This is the start of a long and difficult process which is likely to take many hours. It is possible more bodies may be found when some of the carriages are lifted but until we look we cannot know for sure."