Wave a red flag at the train to signal for it to stop.
If you don't have a red flag, try using a red shirt or some red fabric.
Try to signal the train to stop as far away from the threat as possible so it has more time to slow down and stop.
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A train station, railway station, railroad station, or railway depot is a railway facility where trains stop to load or unload passengers, freight, or both.
Trains can't stop quickly or swerve. The average freight train is about 1 to 1¼ miles in length (90 to 120 rail cars). When it's moving at 55 miles an hour, it can take a mile or more to stop after the locomotive engineer fully applies the emergency brake.
If the train is heading in the direction in which the locomotive end of the train is facing, this is considered 'pulling'. If the train is heading in the opposite direction, this is considered 'pushing' and the motorman or engine driver is located in the alternative cab.
A train derailment happens when a train comes off its rails. Train tracks are designed to have two steel rails at a fixed distance apart. These rails are responsible for keeping the train wheels moving along the course of the tracks.
By the time a train operator sees you, it is too late to stop the train in time. An oncoming train is moving faster and is closer to you than it appears. Similar to an airplane traveling at 150 mph that appears to float onto the runway, it's hard to determine a train's speed and distance from you.
The cost of stopping an lI-car passenger train is three minutes time and $0.5046, while freight train stops cost from $1.70 to $2.30, depending on the type of locomotive, the number of cars, and whether the stop entails any overtime.
The middle of the train is by far the safest for persons. The National Transportation Safety Board does not release comprehensive data on where victims were sitting during fatal train accidents, though some details are available in individual investigative reports.
Why can't trains stop quickly? Because there's not much friction available in the wheel-rail interface. Normally this is a good thing, the low rolling resistance of trains is why they're so efficient at moving heavy loads.
The mechanism of an emergency brake may differ, depending on railcar design. Emergency-braking a train (without track brakes) will give about 1.5 m/s2 (0.15 g) deceleration. The braking distance will be approximately 250 m (820 ft) at 100 km/h (62 mph) and 600 m (2,000 ft) at 160 km/h (99 mph).
Train Air Brakes: Also referred to as the Automatic brakes and train line brakes, are where the real knowledge and know how of a good engineer comes into play. This system is extremely effective at slowing and stopping a train using a brake pipe of continuously charged air which runs the full length of the train.
Be standing between the rails and get struck from behind by a fast moving train...you might bounce clear and your body will be spared the mangling, but the effect would be a lot like getting hit in the back of the head with a sledghammer...you might have a brief flash of pain, but then it would be lights out.