'A beautiful soul': families pay tribute to driver and pilot of fatal XPT train crash

Passenger on Sydney to Melbourne train says prior to derailment they were encouraged to complain to Transport NSW about poor service

Days after an express train that derailed in regional Victoria, the families of the driver and pilot who were killed in the tragedy released statements mourning their loss.

Driver John Kennedy, 54, from Canberra, and 49-year-old pilot Sam Meintanis, from Castlemaine in regional Victoria, were killed when the Sydney to Melbourne XPT derailed on Thursday night at Wallan, 60km north of Melbourne. Eleven of the 160 passengers were injured.

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