Trains and Vibrations...

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I just read about a 59 yr. old man from Lexington, SC, walking on the train tracks...and was killed..The story said he was born deaf or had been deaf all his life...But!...Surely, he could have felt the train's vibrations?...and got out of the way?....
 
Hearing people are hit all the time while trespassing on tracks. Many do not hear the trains’ horns because they’re listening to music. Obviously they don’t feel the vibrations or are clueless to what they’re feeling.

Plus, I don’t think any of us would feel the vibration until the train is too close for us to get out of the way.

BTW, he may have stared to get out of the way and was hit by the side of the train.
 
I have read of a number of times where they are on a trestle so there is no ground beside them to step off on.
 
I used to live in a House that was across the road from the RR Tracks....a good 100 feet from the House..and still could feel the vibes whenever it passed, especially at night....People do get killed trying to drive over the tracks when a train is coming and mis-underestimate the speed of the train...Some just sit on the tracks in a traffic jam and the train's arms go down and they cannot get out....So I was wondering if alcohol or drugs might have had something to do with the man getting killed?..Maybe not....Just a horrible way to die.
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Is it true that if you are on the railroad track, you can’t hear a train coming? If so, how does this happen?

Answer (1 of 19): This depends heavily on the type of train. An electrified commuter train will be much quieter and sneak up on you much faster than a heavy freight drag creeping its way up a mountain at full throttle. The first sound you’ll hear is the rails “singing”. If the train is electrifi...
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Sober people trespass on tracks all the time and some of them pay for the error with their lives.

Trespassing Casualties by State | Operation Lifesaver

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