As a result of these actions, the train hit only the rear seven or eight feet of the transformer at approximately , sheared through the trailer and threw the transformer forward and to the left of the line. The train consisted of a Class AL1 electric locomotive No. E3009 and twelve coaches. The locomotive and the first five coaches of the train were destroyed, and the following three coaches were derailed. Both railway lines were destroyed for a length of and the overhead lines were brought down.