9 years is nothing in comparison to the price the families of/and the actual hard working honest men have paid. They went to work on a cold February Sunday Morning, when most people would prefer to be in bed, and were repaid by the railway for there loyalty by being put to work on a track with dodgers and cowboys.

However, I agree that there were questions at the trial I felt were left unanswered - what about the guy who guided the trucks onto the track with the crane driver? When the trailers were shunted - did he not notice the breaks hadn’t locked? From my understanding he was the person responsible for H&S on the site that night - and therefore should have been answerable to cause of these mens deaths.

Nothing will ever bring back my Uncle Gary, whom was loved very much, but hopefully now that a successful case of manslaughter has been brought - such laxidaisical approaches to H&S will change - though speaking to those still on the railway it seems doubtful.

Somebody must have passed this chap as being fit to work on the railway. Whoever did so needs transfering to a less safety critical role and perhaps that person’s manager should consider his or her position.