[Cvengr]

From the photos, it looks like it was pulling 7 cars. Back ones look like they came off first, then they drug the cars and the locomotive off the rail in the opposite direction as they pulled taunt.

[Zeppo]

From the photos, it looks like it was pulling 7 cars. Back ones look like they came off first, then they drug the cars and the locomotive off the rail in the opposite direction as they pulled taunt.

What you have described as the "back ones" were actually the front cars. The engine was pushing from behind, the engineer was in the cab of the passenger car that is almost in the water, heading into Manhattan.