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===Memorials=== [[File:Memorial garden, Great Heck - geograph.org.uk - 434729.jpg|thumb|right|The memorial garden, with the East Coast Main Line in the background, in May 2007|alt=A circular garden with a plaque in the foreground, with an [[InterCity 225]] travelling along the [[East Coast Main Line]] in the background]] Freightliner named a locomotive "Driver Steve Dunn (George)" in memory of the freight train driver killed in the collision.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Marsden |first1=Colin |title=Freightliner honours Great Heck driver...and twins with Enron |magazine=The Railway Magazine |date=November 2001 |volume=147 |issue=1207|page=65 |publisher=IPC Media |location=London |issn=0033-8923}}</ref> GNER honoured the InterCity 225's driver, John Weddle, by naming a new driver-training school in his home city of [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] after him. On 10 July 2002, in a ceremony attended by members of his family, his 16-year-old daughter Stephanie unveiled a plaque dedicating the school to his memory.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2119335.stm |title=Selby rail driver honoured |date=10 July 2002 |accessdate=4 March 2015 |work=BBC News |archive-date=30 July 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040730090355/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2119335.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> Seventeen books of condolences were created and put out at GNER stations for the public to sign. These were damaged by a flood while in storage, but were later restored and put into a collection by the [[National Railway Museum]].<ref>{{cite web |date=9 April 2016 |title=Selby rail disaster books of condolence are painstakingly restored, after being damaged by York floods |url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/14413796.selby-rail-disaster-books-of-condolence-are-painstakingly-restored-after-being-damaged-by-york-floods/ |access-date=7 September 2024 |website=York Press }}</ref> A stone memorial garden was created close to the crash site, with a plaque which was unveiled a year on from the crash, by the first person on scene after the accident.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wainwright |first=Martin |date=1 March 2002 |title=Memorial services held for Selby rail crash victims |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/mar/01/selby.railtravel |access-date=24 August 2024 |work=The Guardian |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
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