Chris Hall, of the Rail Accident Investigation Board, said that Mr Lund would have had "no reason to believe" the train would change direction, which was most likely caused by the driver forgetting to lock the reverse lever.
On a fog-shrouded evening on the penultimate day of 1906, a dead-heading train roared down this stretch of tracks near Washington's Catholic University, coming upon a slower passenger train heading the same direction on the same track.