he train was carrying a load of construction aggregate towards Manchester on the Stockport to Stalybridge line and was said to have been travelling at 'low speed' at the time
A huge emergency services operation was launched today after a freight train derailed near to a bridge over a road in Tameside . The train was carrying a load of construction aggregate towards Manchester on the Stockport to Stalybridge line and was said to have been travelling at 'low speed' at the time.
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A childminder who was working in the area told the M.E.N. that she and one of the children she looks after were waving from the window toward the train as the incident took place.
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