Trains - especially Amtrak - travel very quietly and very fast nowadays. You never hear them until they are right up on you.
When I was a kid I used to walk the train tracks. You could hear trains coming a mile away.
Not anymore.
My pal and I were snowshoeing on winter day. We came to a short railroad bridge. Started crossing. Half way across - HHHHOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRNNNNNNN!
We looked back here was an ore train. Where in the world did that come from. You wouldn’t think a giant train could sneak up on you but I’m here to tell you they can. (and kinda lucky to be here to tell ya.)
If you are actually standing on the train tracks couldn’t you “feel” the trains vibration?
They have an Amtrak station in Auburn and that’s where I figured he was when hit but the report says, “The incident occurred at about 3:30 p.m. near C Street Southwest and Eighth Street.”
The guy had to have jumped a fence to get on the tracks at that location. So he was literally terminally stupid.