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I did notice that some reports placed the speed at 90 mph, while others placed it at 35 mph.  I tend to think the speed at the point of derailment was closer to 35 than to 90.  If it were 90, he would have been airborne for hundreds of feet.  The tremendous spectacle of the wreckage might have cemented the popular notion that the speed was extremely high.  According to the record of the run, he very well could have reached 90 mph at times.   <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p> There are other discrepancies about the details of how the train approached the trestle.  One account says it derailed before reaching the trestle, while another account says it “straightened the curve” on the trestle by taking the rails off of the trestle.  One reports says that Broady made a considerable effort to slow the train, including reversing the engine.   <o:p></o:p> The trestle was preceded by a sign telling engineers to slow down for the trestle ahead.  This may have given Broady a considerable distance to attempt to slow down before he hit the trestle.  He might have been doing 90 before he set the brakes, and got slowed to 35 by the time he hit the trestle. <o:p></o:p> One account says the engine broke a flange when it hit the curve, and that was the event that derailed the engine.  I wonder if Broady, when attempting to reverse the engine, had the drivers locked when he hit the curve.  If so, I could see the sideways friction just burning right through a driver flange.   Two boys were under the trestle at the time of the wreck.  They were unhurt, but reportedly were rendered insane by witnessing the wreck.
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