The law did change on pronouncing a person dead as a paramedic can now do it in the event of a body being splattered ( I dont know about other times.
It's ministry of transport rules that a train has to be checked if it's been in a collision with a person, Just as your car would be if you...
Total respect mate recovering bits of bodies is not something I could do. During my years on the railway I searched for bodies, I found bodies, I managed to stop suicides happening and worst of all I saw them happen when I could'nt do anything to stop it but I allways drew the line at picking up...