Originally Posted by dcrowell

Uh... I got hit by a train in 1994. I was driving a 24' box truck. The tracks crossed the road at a steep angle. No gates, no lights, no bell. I couldn't hear the train over the noisy old truck (yes I rolled the window down). I couldn't see to my right and behind me (due to the box part of the truck).

The truck was torn in two. I had a bruise on my chest where the horn button popped off and hit me in the chest. The train suffered a scrape on the fuel tank.

Edit:
There was a stop sign at the crossing. I stopped and tried to look. I was hit just as I pulled out. I got very lucky. If I had pulled out a little sooner, I would have been injured or killed.