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I seem to recall some reference to the speed being around 20 mph at the time of impact.  The main strength of a freight train is lengthwise through the center sills of the cars and locomotives.  The counterweight was like an immoveable object blocking the train just above the line of the center sills.  <o:p></o:p> If a train hits a solid object such as another train, the cars and locomotives generally jackknife or override each other as the force dissipates.  In the case of this wreck, all the force of the train was directed just below the solid object, so it shoved the locomotive frames through as the massive counterweight sheared off the superstructure above the frames, crushed it into a wad, and piled up in a vertical mass 2-3 stories high.
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