| It was a huge railway mortar, a flatcar with a giant gun on it. |
| One of the derailed cars, a bulkhead flatcar loaded with lumber, lost its load, blocking the adjacent north main track. |
| This force would be particularly strong on a bulkhead flatcar loaded with lumber as the centre of gravity would be quite high. |
| The donkey would reel the logs into place and special tongs were used to place the logs on a flatcar. |
| Thereupon they threw a line about the shack and with the engine hauled it to the side of a flatcar attached to the train. |
| The subsequent fire destroyed the two tank cars, the centre beam flatcar, as well as the two locomotives and slug unit of the yard consist. |
