With the lead locomotive now removed from the tracks at the scene of last week's train derailment north of Melbourne, the deceased train driver has been praised as a man with a heart of gold.
The crash happened about 1.5 kilometres north of Wallan station, near a point where one track diverges into two. The lead locomotive was removed from the tracks on Tuesday and was loaded on a specialised flatbed truck to be transported back to Sydney along with two other carriages.
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