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Crews right a locomotive Tuesday afternoon in Burlington, Ontario where a VIA train derailed killing three Sunday.The Globe and Mail

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The Via locomotive that derailed on Feb 26, 2012, is covered by a tarp and removed form the scene in Burlington on Feb. 28, 2012.The Globe and Mail

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The Via locomotive that derailed on Feb 26, 2012, is covered by a tarp and removed form the scene in Burlington on Feb. 28, 2012.The Globe and Mail

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The two wheel trucks from the damaged VIA locomotive are moved to a crane to be loaded onto a flatbed truck.The Globe and Mail

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The VIA locomotive is all that is left to be removed from the derailment scene in Burlington on Feb. 28, 2012.The Globe and Mail

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A VIA passenger train passes crews working to get derails train cars back up onto the tracks in Burlington on Monday, Feb. 27, 2012.The Globe and Mail

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Some flowers and a note of condolence have been left on a street sign near the scene of yesterday's VIA train derailment.The Globe and Mail

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The scene on Monday as crews investigate and prepare to remove the wreckage after Sunday's VIA train derailment.The Globe and Mail

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The scene on Monday morning as crews investigate Sunday's derailment and begin the process of removing the wrecked train engine and cars.The Globe and Mail

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The scene on Monday as crews investigate and prepare to remove the wreckage after Sunday's VIA train derailment.The Globe and Mail

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A VIA passenger train, heading eastbound, similar to the one that derailed yesterday, passes by a derailed wheel set that had travelled further east from the main derailment site.The Globe and Mail

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The scene on Monday morning as crews investigate Sunday's derailment and begin the process of removing the wrecked train engine and cars.The Globe and Mail

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The Via passenger train, enroute from Niagara Falls to Toronto, derailed on Sunday at approximately 3:30pm.The Globe and Mail

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We are being told at the scene here on Monday that this orange box is the "black box" from the derailed locomotive.The Globe and Mail

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Emergency crews attend the scene of a VIA Rail train derailment in Burlington, Ont., on Feb. 26, 2012.

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Emergency crews attend the scene where a VIA train was derailed with passengers on board in Burlington, Ont.Nathan Denette

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Rescue workers on the scene of a derailed Via train in Burlington help a young boy and his father who were passengers Sunday February 26, 2012.

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Rescue workers climb on an overturned Via Rail car Sunday February 26, 2012.

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Rescue workers on the scene of a derailed Via train in Burlington rush an injured passenger to a helicopter Sunday February 26, 2012.

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Deanna Villella, left, a passenger on the derailed Via train in Burlington, leaves the scene of the crash along with her husband Roger Collins and daughter Jasmine who came from Welland to pick her up.

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An injured passenger from a derailed Via train in Burlington is rushed to a waiting helicopter for medical evacuation Sunday February 26, 2012.

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A police officer carries a girl from the wreckage.

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Emergency vehicles are lined up to treat passengers from the train derailment outside Burlington, On.

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Emergency crew help passengers out of a train wreck in Burlington, Ont.David Ritchie

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VIA Rail Chief of Operations John Marginson speaks to the media about a passenger train that derailed in Burlington, Ont.STRINGER/Reuters

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Emergency crews help extract VIA passengers from a derailed train in Burlington, Ont.David Ritchie

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Emergency crew help passengers out of a train wreck in Burlington, Ont.David Ritchie

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Crews work on a derailed VIA rail train in Burlington, Ontario on Sunday, February 26, 2012.

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A person injured in the Via Rail passenger train derailment is moved to a Ornge helicopter to be air lifted to hospital in Burlington, Ont. on Sunday, February 26, 2012.

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A person injured in the Via Rail passenger train derailment is moved to a Ornge helicopter to be air lifted to hospital in Burlington, Ont.Pawel Dwulit

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Rescue crews work on a derailed VIA rail train in Burlington, Ontario.Pawel Dwulit

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Rescue crews work on a derailed VIA rail train in Burlington, Ontario.

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Passengers are treated near the train derailment in Burlington, On.

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Rescue crews work on a derailed VIA rail train in Burlington, Ontario.

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Emergency crews attend the scene where a VIA train was derailed with passengers on board in Burlington, Ont.Nathan Denette

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Passengers pulled from a VIA Rail passenger train that derailed wait to be transported from the scene on a city bus in Burlington, Ont., on Feb. 26, 2012.STRINGER/CANADA

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Emergency personnel work at the scene of VIA Rail derailment in Burlington Ont., on Feb. 26, 2012.STRINGER/CANADA

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