Fecteau said the girls' injuries indicate they tried to get out of the train's way, but noted that the conductor and engineer never saw them move.
The train rolls through town at least twice a day, lumbering through with such force that it shakes buildings on the opposite side of the river. It also blows its whistle along the way to alert people of its coming.
The train was heading north to Ossipee Aggregates loaded with rebar and traveling about 15 miles an hour when it hit the girls, Fecteau said.