Today was extremely bad for the Florida East Coast Railway. 2 men on foot in widely separated parts of Florida were killed by the same train!!
The Crew was swapped out after the first incident and continued on, Hitting another person some 400 miles on down the route.
Why the men were on the track right of way is still under investigation.
The news mentions how it affects the train crew for once.
See the news here: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012...s-apart-on-same-day/
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Roads and sidewalks must be few and far between in Florida. Railroad right's of way are NOT for pedestrian's use. Now you know why Union Pacific put out that notice about photog's using track and rail property for a studio.
You know odd things like this occur more than often.
A few years back on the Kenova District of the NS,train 148 out of Portsmouth,Ohio ran over a trespasser along the right-of- way in South Point ,Ohio.
The recrew was backing the same train into Kenova (WV) Yard just 4 rail miles across the Ohio River,when they hit a car at the Rt.75 road crossing.
Sometimes it's just plain bad luck 
My father a B&O engineer from 1941-1974 always said:
"things like that started happening right after they took the steering wheel out of the cab."
In parts of Boca Raton the FEC ROW is fenced off, and the sidewalk is on the opposite side of the parallel road. Pedestrians can still cross the tracks in some spots thatdon't have fences. further south, however, there is no fence at all, and I occasionally see people crossing the tracks where they shouldn't.
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