The first carriage of the train involved in the Stonehaven tragedy has been removed from the site of the horror crash.
Train driver, Brett McCullough, 45, conductor, Donald Dinnie, 58, and passenger, Christopher Stuchbury, 62, were killed when the Aberdeen to Glasgow Queen Street service derailed on August 12.
The train, which left Aberdeen at 6.38am, hit a landslip after heavy rain battered the area.
Footage shows a 600-tonne crawler crane hauling the first carriage off the track.
A minutes silence was held by workers at the site as a mark of respect for those who lost their lives.
Network Rail and contractors had to prepare the hard-to-access site before the train could be recovered.
Preparations have included building a new 900-metre road and temporary bridges over the line, to allow access for specialist equipment.
The recovery of the carriages is expected to take several days.
Once the carriages have been removed from the site, engineers will be able to assess the extent of repairs required to the tracks and bridge damaged in the derailment.
Scotland's Transport Secretary Michael Matheson has said he does not expect the line to reopen to passengers before October.
It comes as a Network Rail interim report which shows it cannot afford to strengthen all "substandard" trackside slopes, despite the fatal crash.
In an interim report into the derailment which killed three people, the Government-owned company said it is improving the management of its infrastructure but "we expect there will still be earthwork failures as a result of challenging weather".
"Many failures" will be prevented and areas with "the highest risk of failure and consequence" are targeted for action, Network Rail insisted.
It added: "It is simply not economically viable to strengthen all sub-standard infrastructure slopes."
Network Rail said it is working with meteorologists to understand how real-time information can improve operational responses to severe weather.
It is also investigating the use of technology and data to enable it to make better decisions about where action is most urgently required.
The Department for Transport, which commissioned the report, said that from 2019-2024 Network Rail is investing £1.3 billion in strengthening the railway's resilience to extreme weather.
This is compared with £550 million from 2009-2014 and £952 million from 2014-2019.
