[header] How to escape if your car is stalled on the tracks of an approaching train [title] Get out of the car immediately. [step] Do not honk your horn and expect the train to stop; a train will not be able to come to a complete stop immediately. Even if it is slowing down, it will still plow through you before it can come to a stop. 
Do not attempt to play chicken with a moving train. It's not backing down; you must.