[2] In addition to the locomotives, the train was made up of a covered goods van, a mail van, a bogie carriage, three wooden compartment coach (direct access from platform to compartments: no corridor) including two four-wheelers built in 1865, and then four more bogie carriages.

On arrival at Lunderskov the train had made up three minutes of its delay and seemed likely to make up the rest without running too fast.

When the train had passed Bramming station, the fireman on the leading locomotive saw a small sharp curve on the track ahead.

The limited amount of ballast is considered to have been a key reason why thermal expansion was able to warp the rails.

15 people died in the accident, including the journalist Peter Sabroe; 14 of them were in the older compartment coaches, which were completely crushed in the derailment.