“When we were stationed at West Point we used to take the train into the city, quite often via this station. Scary stuff.”
Interesting. Hearing from a witness who had a brother standing on the platform - he said the train came at them really fast, he turned and ran for his life - was slightly injured.
That doesn’t sound like 10 mph to me.
I seem to remember that for the last several minutes (5-10) of the approach the trains creep along. That damage does look like it was caused by a train moving faster than I remember.