Train had engine in the rear as it high balled into station

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Train engineer Thomas Gallagher, 48, cooperating with police

The death count in that horrifying commuter train crash has been scaled back to a single fatality, injuries are said to number 108, including the engineer, Thomas Gallagher, 48. But he is now said to be conscious and cooperating with authorities. The engine was in the rear. The direction ahead is seen by cameras. Is this where the misjudgement occurred? Witnesses aboard the train and in the station tell a story of a train rumbling into the Hoboken station without slowing a bit, slamming into the bumper stops at the end of the line and flying over the platform to knock down support pillars for the station roof. The astonishment is evident in the graphic video shot by commuter “Leon O” and posted to Twitter. It is seen one video down in this post.