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Train drivers' union pay tribute to colleague killed in Stonehaven derailment
Emergency services inspect the scene near Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, following the derailment of the ScotRail train which cost the lives of three people

COLLEAGUES “thought the world” of the train driver killed on Wednesday in the Stonehaven derailment, a union official said today.

Brett McCullough, 45, was a former gas engineer who decided to switch careers after servicing the boiler of a railway worker.

He leaves behind behind wife Stephanie and three children — two girls and a boy.

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