Originally Posted by CbadRider

According to the news story, the train was southbound and the woman was riding westbound, so they were perpendicular to each other. She should have seen the train moving toward her on the tracks.

Originally Posted by Santa Fe New Mexican

Santa Fe police say LeBeau, a 60-year-old property management consultant, was riding her bicycle northbound on the Santa Fe Rail Trail west of St. Francis Drive, which mostly parallels the railroad tracks until just south of Zia Road — near the still unused Zia Station — where the trail crosses the railroad tracks.