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TRIBUTES have been paid to a lifelong train enthusiast from North Wales who was killed in the Lisbon funicular tram disaster.
Andrew David Kenneth Young, known to friends and family as Dave, died when the Glória funicular cable railway derailed in the Portuguese capital last Wednesday.
The 82-year-old from Holyhead has been confirmed as the third British victim of the crash, which left 16 people dead.
In a statement released through North Wales Police, his devastated family said: “Andrew David Kenneth Young was known to most as Dave.
“He was raised in Auchterarder, Perthshire. He moved to Holyhead in 1980 where he had a long career as a customs officer.
“A lifelong transport enthusiast, in retirement he enjoyed visiting heritage railways and tramways around the world.
“It is a comfort to his sons, their mother, and his brothers that his final moments were in pursuit of the hobby which gave him so much happiness.”
Specialist officers are supporting Mr Young’s grieving family, who have asked for privacy.
The Glória funicular, which has operated for 140 years, was carrying a full load of passengers when it jumped the tracks, with one carriage smashing into a building on a bend.
Portugal’s Office for Air and Rail Accident Investigations has released its first findings, revealing the two cabins had moved only six metres before disaster struck.
Investigators said the connecting cable “suddenly lost the balancing force” between the carriages.
According to the report, “Cabin No. 2 suddenly reversed, its movement halting approximately 10 meters beyond due to its partial excursion past the end of the track and the burial of the underside of the trambolho (trolley) at the end of the cable trench.”
It added: “Cabin No. 1, at the top of Calcada da Gloria, continued its downward movement, increasing its speed.”
Despite the brakeman’s efforts to use both the pneumatic and hand breaks, the funicular hurtled downhill uncontrollably.
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