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Was there two weeks ago doing some research, and yes, the two locomotives are still there.  I met and talked with the trainman who helped set up the wreck.  His story is an interesting one.  They had set explosives under the tracks to get the locomotives to roll.  The charges were encased in PVC pipes.  Well, the Hollyweird greensmen saw the white pipes on the ground and covered them up with dirt and ballast.  This had the effect of "shaping" the explosion, so that the engines didn't roll, but derailed.  Nobody wanted to do a second take, and my GSMR trainman was really disappointed at the results...  The locomotives used in the film were brought in by the production company, and GSMR was allowed to strip the engines of useable parts that weren't visible.  The shot was done by a third locomotive pushing the first two along, and that was a GSMR locomotive.Incidentally, the shot of Harrison Ford wandering out of a railroad tunnel was also shot on the GSMR.  That particular tunnel was hand cut in the 1880's by state prisoners, and is just west of Dillsboro on the GSMR main.  The only "smooth" part of the tunnel is where it collapsed at one point, and it has been blocked and bricked over to make a smooth interior.
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