>>2019906I was on a train that ran over a woman on that stretch of track. She was getting off a commuter train as we (amtrak) were heading through on the center track without stopping at the commuter station, she (wearing headphones) walked right out into the center track after getting off the commuter train without looking for an oncoming train, we must've been doing at least 35-40mph at the time which for a train takes awhile to stop, so yeah she got cronched by the train.
Oddly enough that was the 2nd person in 24 hours our Amtrak train had killed. The evening before just outside of Richmond VA a homeless man jumped in front of the train. Both times were 4-5 hour delays as the police have to show up, do their investigation and remains collection.
Thankfully after the 2nd person was killed, we knew roughly how long it would take for the delay having just experienced it the evening before, so we asked our car attendant (we were in a private bedroom) for a bottle of maker's mark and some glasses.
Overall would kill via train again.
