BURLINGTON — A Burlington man walking on the train tracks in the northwest part of the city was hit and killed by a train Thursday evening.

Daniel Cameron Wagoner, 47, apparently was walking east on the tracks west of York Road toward Oak Avenue shortly after 8 p.m. as a train approached, traveling in the opposite direction, the Burlington Police Department said. The train was traveling under track speed and sounded its horn to try to to alert Wagoner, but he did not leave the tracks.