Great - I can't wait for all the people to start the blame game on Amtrak about not having fences and the right precautions set up in this area. Common sense tells you to stay off the train tracks, but not many people left with common sense out there.

Those trains are awful Darwinian, aren't they? The keep thinning the herd of the darkest and the dimmest amongst us.

Reason # 1,000 why high speed rail in the Northeast will not work without a massive investment in infrastructure.

I live in the area and people just need to be more careful. Stay off the tracks period. People have to take responsibility for theirselves. I can see something like this happening to a 14 year old but an adult should know better.

Nature weeding out the weak!

Do not presume anything. People are so ignorant. This happens to be a good friend of a co worker who just saw him on Saturday! He was an engineer. Shut the h*ll up people.

The train is on a track. It can only go two ways forward and backward. It shouldn't be that difficult to not get hit by one use the second dimension side to side. Having been around trains all my life, I've never had a train "sneak" up on me going however fast it goes. My sympathies go out to the train crew who have to deal with this, having a multi-hundred ton train and not being able to do anything to help the person besides honking the horn and starting to apply the breaks. these trains need 1000's of feet to stop, typically to late by the time they see the obstacle.

Ok, Darwin lovers. I agree with Betty. The guy could have been the Top of his class, and actually was not a stupid person. There could have been foul play, and unless we were there what do we really know? Perhaps we should leave the technical aspects up to the investigators.

People slip and fall and die right in their own homes and I do not think it has anything to do with their level of intelligence at all. Its more cause and effect and inability to know what happens next. Suprise! You could be next tomorrow. You know what Assuming does.

Rachel, if you slip and fall and land on an Amtrak track then you are WAY too close to it. That's a weak argument. The only two explanations that would rule out sheer stupidity would be if someone harmed him and put him on the tracks or if it was suicide.

Suicide by train.

He was a cool co worker....Never no what people are going threw.

I know this person and he was a good man. Please don't always assume that people are stupid when things like this happen.

This is a suicide most likely

Mark was a good guy, very smart. He will be missed by all his co-workers.

Wow, I knew Pitsburgh fans were bitter after this Sunday's beat down, but this is just plain awful.

Guess what people? When it's your time to "go", you are going- no matter what. We don't know the person's situation or why they were on the tracks. They could have been taking a walk and slipped and fell, but unfortunately, it was their time. Of course we know Amtrak is not to blame, but everyone has to have something to say. I just hope people have kinder things to say when it's your time! Think about it.

People with there rude comments this was not about a stupid football game. The man was kind and had a good heart. RIP!!!

I did not know this man, however, it's a sad and tragic outcome to a life and I have empathy for anyone that makes that choice. For the posters that take the time out of their (busy?, productive?, positive?) day and post insenstive and just plain stupid comments, you my friends, have won the "darwin" awards. Get a life, get a hobby and "learn" empathy.

I grew up in Rosedale - 40 years ago and even back then people used the tracks for other purposes than the trains. I just wonder what it is about that AREA that makes people do this type of thing.

Are people so stupid that you need a fence to prevent them from getting hit by a train?

Perhaps a fence or a rail could have provided just an instant of time to have given this human being the flash of a reasonable doubt that his plan wasn't the only option OR given a kind passerby the opportunity to intervene with love and grace. This man had a beautiful wife and family. Blogger cruelty frightens me to think that we Americans have become so insensitive to the pain of others.

Id like you all to remember that this is someone's loved one. In fact this man is my husband and you should all be ashamed.......my self and my children are heart broken. I hope this never happens to you.

You people are so ignorant. Making comments about something you have no idea. Try to have some compassion for his family. I'm sure if it was your family member you would be singing a different tune. This is what is wrong with america today. Insensitive jackasses

My husband & good friends worked with this gentleman and they are all deeply saddened by this and will miss Mark dearly! One never knows the state of mind someone is in! Our only wish is that he had sought some help from one of his co-workers. Our hearts go out to his family.

There is alot more to this... I believe in Karma and the truth always comes out.
I feel sorry for the children.

I worked with this man for a number of years. He was extremely intelligent, and a great guy. Something must have gone terribly wrong in his life for this to happen. Please be a considerate of the mourners.

RIP Mark Young.....

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/york/obituary.aspx?n=mark-b-young&pid=145809808&fhid=4736

Mark was a co-worker I barely knew but whenever I saw him, he was very kind. I only wish that he had reached out to someone before going down to the tracks that morning. It's such a sad story for him but more for his wife and children. RIP Mark.

It's truly amazing what access to a public forum such as this demonstrates. It quickly shows people like Michael and Kurt who are most of the way down the gene pool and who talk just because they can, with no cerebral connection what so ever. A total waste of O2. Mark was a bright, caring guy seemingly with everything going for him. His contributions will be his legacy. He will be sadly missed. Guys, keep getting someone to turn the pages and read to you from the Origin of Species.

My bad, names of the posters are below their posts. Apologies to Michael and Kurt. My remarks were meant to be directed at Gunpower Chronicle and bill for their lemming family posts.

I live in Essex and the tracks run directly behind my house. There is a chain-linked fence with barbed wire, but there has been a hole in the fence for atleast 16 years. Kids have long been using that the access and cross the tracks. Lately, every train that passes honks repeatedly at all hours day and night. My 3 yr old is terrified of loud sounds and screams with every train. I don't want anyone else to get hurt, but Amtrak need to fix the fence. Why should our property values go down and everyone be woken up a 3am? If u are stupid enough to be on train tracks at 3am, maybe you deserve to get hit!