A special plaudit to @NetworkRail who sent out the following photo to show the scale of the recovery work required at Bletchley:
A lesson in effective use of social media.
Meanwhile Eye's thoughts are with the driver of the loco who is in hospital with serious, although apparently not life threatening, injuries.
UPDATE: A further image from NR showing damage to track and OHLE...
Eye understands that the Virgin driver has now been released from hospital.