Big flashy red lights, big ding ding ding, big red stripey arms blocking the way, big rumbling machine, big honky horns.

Yeah! Edward! Me and a bud were walking up the abandonded tracks close to where he lived and he got his foot stuck somehow in between the rail and a cross-tie... HOOOOOONK!!!! Here come the freight to New Orleans.. His foots really stuck! And the train barely mooshes both of us when it finally comes loose.
Naw, we had to get Rescue 69 and they had to cut some shit loose. No trains have been on that section for eight years. There's a reason there are warning signs all over the place. If you get ran over by a train, it's your own stupid-assed fault.
I mean, really, you know exactly where they're gonna go - the rails should be a clue. They're big and noisy. I f you get hit by one, score's up one for Darwin.
Idiots trying to gain time might find they've gained a lot of time - into the ever-after.
The dude that told you was looking out for your ass - and the RR's ass, too.
Ed, if you push your luck, you know what will happen, don't you?

Stupid people are breeding and training their children. Be very cautious.

An aside, if you don't mind. Years ago I worked in a trainyard where the switching engine - donkey engine - made up the trains. The guy in the switching tower made sure each car went where it was supposed to go. A ballet composed of multi-tonned railroad cars.
You never stood on the tracks coz you couldn't hear the bastards coming. The undercarriage and all the runnning gear is really quite. The click-click is where the tracks have the expansion gaps. On a hot day, there is none and that gondola runs alomost silent. It might be full of iron ore or coal or horse shit but you will never know if it flattens you tired old grey ass. If you walk on railroad tracks - watch out!