 The Thirsk signalman averted further disaster by throwing all his signals to danger and sending an "obstruction danger" bell code to the Northallerton and Pilmoor boxes either side, stopping a London-bound express at Thirsk station less than to the north.1A26 had come to rest fouling the Up Fast line and this express would have struck the wreckage only a few minutes later.Locomotive DP2 was damaged beyond repair and finally cut up for spares in 1970.