[Elsie]

If a train goes off the track around a curve due to excessive speed (only), the rail cars will generally be all on one side of the track, outside the curve.

They started that way; and if the engine had not have stopped by plowing into the ground, then all of then would have gone to the right.

The little valley (ditch?) could only hold about 4-5 cars, then they piled into them as were scattered all different directions.

[DoughtyOne]

Thanks Elsie. I do believe that cars continued on down to the freeway in that one picture circulating on the forum.