content: If only the guy had rung his bicycle bell -- the entire train would have come to a halt so he could resume his 'right of way.' Sorry, but I am a bicyclist in a very crowded and highly-trafficked city (NYC) and I know to always concede to cars, trucks, buses, etc. This person caused their own accident. I have never come across a railroad track as a cyclist, but I know as a car/truck driver to never cross when the guard rail is down.  The law says a bicyclist has a right of way, but a bike rider can't argue that principle when a train hits them or a bus hits them or a car hits them. Bike riders have to always be looking out for themselves.