About 20 RAF personnel have pulled an "Ivor the Engine" steam train more than 50 metres in aid of Comic Relief.

BBC: RAF Benson team complete Comic Relief steam engine pull

He said a deputy arriving early on the scene pulled the two Union Pacific employees out of the wrecked engine, which became lodged next to the train's second engine.

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The team pulled Cholsey and Wallingford Railway's 22-tonne Peckett engine and a carriage, which brought the total weight to 60 tonnes.

BBC: RAF Benson team complete Comic Relief steam engine pull