Character mistake: Ben Kingsley is Dr. John Cawley. But he is called Steven when the doctors are grouped together discussing how to handle the patients due to the hurricane, right after the graveyard scene.
Character mistake: Engine #1206 is instructed to take the nearest siding upon hearing the news of the oncoming train. Frank does the maths and determines that they will not fit into that siding. He states the siding being 4011 feet between signals, with about 2500 of actual usable space. Engine #1206 with 25 cars would only equal 1580 feet, giving them more than enough room to clear in the first available siding.The average length of a railroad car is 60 feet. Even if the cars were considered "long", total 25 cars would have fit into that siding.
Character mistake: Sir John describes St. Columbanus as a gypsy from the East, but in fact St. Columbanus was Irish and founded one of the first monasteries in Scotland (on Iona island), one of the most important in Christendom.
Character mistake: Two police officers went to the Davenport's house because someone "requested a drive-by in the middle of the night." The veteran cop rang the doorbell, knocked on the door, heard noise (dismissed as "probably a pet"), and even yelled, "Rise and shine, people." He told the rookie cop that he was "trying to go the extra mile to make sure these folks are okay" and "Somebody called in a drive-by and I want to see their smiling faces." The officers nonetheless left when they got another call. (00:19:19 - 00:20:41)