The Phantom Train at the River Styx

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

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[@karlheeren8727]

The fact that it occurred at the bridge over the "River Styx" adds another detail to this 'Erie' tale.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Indeed Karl. Thanks for watching and commenting! 😊

[@jimd280]

Retired B&O conductor here. The B&O is a separate RR that crosses the same river just south of the bridge in question. I ran over that line, and worked the B&O switch job at the salt plant Rittman. The bridge the wreck happened on is on the Erie RR tracks. The engineer was an “Erie man”, (railroad lingo), so he was operating on Erie RR, (apropos name) spooky!!

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thanks for the clarification Jim. You’re absolutely right. The track we filmed on was the Erie track not the B&O. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@russellspearman5053]

I Like Ghost train stories,I don't know why they don't make Ghost train movies

[@turbopokey]

Ooo, I used to get salt there at Rittman. They always tried to overload my trailer, almost always had to go back and have them take pallets off.

[@MrsLoera-fp9fk]

That’s so cool. I always thought it would be awesome to work on a train. To see what others don’t get too. Instead I was a flight attendant for 2 years and then a union carpenter hahahahahahahgaga 🤷🏼

[@martinsims1273]

@@russellspearman5053 On the LMS (London, Midland, & Scottish Railway) in Britain during the second world war, there were 2 "ghost trains" which ran regularly on the west coast main line, from Scotland to London. Most folks who are familiar with railways/railroads will know that there are two timetables; (1) the public timetable, which is the one on display at passenger stations, and which only shows passenger trains relevant to the particular station where it is displayed (or a more extensive timetable book covering all passenger trains on the network), and (2) the WORKING timetable (which the public don't see), which covers ALL trains, passenger, freight, light engine movements, and deliberately empty "spaces" where allowance is made for the possible need to run a "special", or extra train. Anyway, there were two regularly run (real) trains which were firmly on the working timetable, but were never shown on the public timetable. The reason was that in wartime conditions, the number of passenger trains were reduced (compared to peacetime) to allow more capacity for transporting essential supplies, and troop trains, so, the passenger trains which did run were sometimes quite crowded. But there was a need for many armed services personell who were based in various parts of Scotland (in particular the huge naval base at Scapa Flow) to be able to travel south without hindrance when they were given leave. So these trains were never advertised to the public, and only made known to railway staff and the military, and because they ran, but were never shown on the public timetable, they became known as the ghost trains. (P.s; the ordinary public were allowed to ride on them, just like any other passenger train, but they just weren't told of the timings or which stations they stopped at.

[@willardbreedlove7028]

As a civil war reenactor I have seen some very strange things at some of the events that I have been at like when my unit was at Tunnel Hill Ga. about 15 year ago we were camped at the part where the medical had been when the battle was going on in 1864 there was a while horse came near the tent's of 4 of my men in the regiment I got up and walked to the Al. calv. Who where camped near us and told them that one of there horses was lose and it was a white one they told me that they didn't have a white horse a few days later I went to the library to look up about the battle and found a picture of a white horse pulling the wagon of the men who got the dead off the field. I showed it to one of the guys in my unit who was there with me and he said it was the same horse that he had seen.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

That is quite possibly the scariest story anyone has ever told me Willard! I can’t imagine the chill’s you felt when you realized what you experienced! Wow!! I also wanted to say thank you for being a civil war reenactor. You folks make history breathe! It’s awesome. Civil war era is my favorite! Thanks so much for watching and commenting!

[@FlabbergastedFirefly]

@@CuriousHistoryYT Uh this brings me back to Gettysburg! Many years ago I participated in the reenactment, and I heard stories of people hearing soldiers speaking in the fields at night. I'm was to scared to go out there, so I got no proof of my own, but at a reenactment at Koldinghus in Denmark (An 700+ year old former Kings castle) two years ago, me and three others are sleeping in the nearby stables. That night I heard some stranges noices outside the door. like someone put their hands through the bucket of batteries I knew was outside. Never in my life have I been so scared. The next morning one of the others told me that he had woken up that night seeing the door to the room he was sleeping in go from almost closed to wide open and close again. I was sleeping at the floor and I tell you there was no draft at all..

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Now you e got me spooked S G! 👀

[@caribbeantigress]

With all due respect 🫡 you must have some cool but spooky experiences as a civil war reenactor! Those battlefields are haunted

[@willardbreedlove7028]

There's a battle field not far from my home town of Chattanooga Tennessee where it is said that at night you can see two green eyes and I have seen a officer sitting on a horse we're the bridge is he will disappear as you get close but if you look back or look in the mirror you will see him.

[@GingerKraut]

History, hauntings and cemeteries...stories told with no "ghost hunting" reality show malarkey...you just gained a subscriber!

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you so much L V! I really appreciate it! Welcome!

[@susanallen1100]

I’m subscribing too. Thank you

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

@@susanallen1100 thank you and welcome! I’m very glad you’re here!

[@valval3919]

Add me to the list!

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Awesome Val! Thank you! Welcome to the Community!

[@88Blazehaze]

In Greek mythology, the deity Styx played a central role in the War of Titans and was so highly respected by both mortals and gods that their unbreakable oaths were sworn upon her. The River Styx, named after her, was a massive river that encircled the underworld and had to be crossed by all souls on their way to Hades 33

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thanks for the Greek Mythology lesson Eagle! Love it!

[@Backroad_Junkie]

Yeah, I wonder if the river was named "Styx" because the people on one side of the river didn't think highly of the people on the other side of the river, lol...

[@aerynstormcrow]

Thus coins being placed In the eyes of the dead. Not just to keep them closed…

[@christopherjulianus2214]

Being a former docent of the California state railroad museum and a former railroad employee in Woodland California for the YSLR, I must say that you did well.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you Christopher! 😊

[@44SCB]

The fact that it's called, "The River Styx". Makes it all the more eerie.

[@juanitaimhoff9844]

Ghost story from my old stomping grounds . I lived in River Styx Proper back in the 1980's and the tall bridge you spoke of was there and there were still trains crossing it. One night a group of us were sitting on the front porch and heard the strange whistle that did not sound right. no train wreck just a strange whistle and no train. It was enough to end the party, put away the booze and call it a night

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

What an awesome story Juanita! Thanks for sharing. I wonder what your reaction would have been had you seen a ghost train! Thank you so much for watching and commenting! I certainly appreciate it!

[@2oldfashgrl]

Oh I guess so! What would've been really weird, is if you were having the party on Halloween! (eeekkk...)

[@DavidWoods-rk8st]

Hi I seen some ghost trains all over ohio

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

@@DavidWoods-rk8st that’s awesome David! Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@michaellarenee4856]

Now that was a great story! And I got quite the chuckle there at the end of your story! That would have been my reaction as well!

[@pamelashiflett5281]

Oh my word, so many relatives died in similar ways. The curiosities of life sometimes are astounding. The curiosities of death are simply spell binding. Love your voice, could listen to you all day. You are blessed with that "story telling" voice. Thanks again friend.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Such a wonderful comment! Thank you Pamela! 😊😊😊

[@coloradorocky1298]

I have witnessed these phenomena firsthand. This is what we call energy imprints. It’s where a highly emotional event happened and replays over and over in the same location. This use to happen at my grandmothers house. Every day at 3?pm, yes would hear a car pull up in her driveway & two car doors shut. The couple that lived there previous were killed in a car wreck

[@coloradorocky1298]

I should add that it’s not lost souls trapped or anything…. It’s an energetic recording if you will, of the highly charged event. So it’s a non intelligent haunting. It’s very similar to playing a song over and over on the radio, or watching a recorded video over and over.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thanks for sharing this Colorado Rocky. I’m learning something new everyday! Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@jakendriajenkins3902]

@@coloradorocky1298 I faintly remember when i was younger there was a couple that lived down the street the husband was abusive and he ended up shooting his wife to death. We used to call it “the haunted house” cause you could sometimes hear screams and gunshots in there but its been vacant for at least 20 years its damn near crumbled.

[@coloradorocky1298]

Yes, those are energy imprints. The same thing with my grandmothers house with the couple who died in a car wreck. It’s unintelligent “haunting” Everything is energy on different frequencies. I have even witnessed future events in the same way, others were there to witness it as well.It’s not always bad, it can be any heightened emotions, even laughter. Most people bring up the past traumas that replay, but not many people talk about the future imprints that play out, too. Which I find more baffling, personally.

[@coloradorocky1298]

These will eventually clean out by nature & sunlight…. Unless the event was recent or enclosed, like a house…. Or even the horn of a train. Which would’ve been operated by the conductor, and not the train itself…. There’s a lot of things to take into consideration with each event, how long it takes to clear, and if others are giving it energy through their own thoughts & emotions of the events. All of it is energy and gets intertwined through connecting on different wavelengths & vibrational frequencies.

[@jamesTBurke]

I haven't heard this story since I was a kid. That's one location I've always wanted to visit

[@ryanpethick383]

This story got me researching... I've been a rail fan my whole life, and been into ghost hunting since my teens, (still have yet to book an overnight at Waverly Hills Sanitorium), so of course this piqued my interest. So I looked up Mr. Logan's name, and found an old newspaper article... March 22, 1899, that was the day of the crash, if I ever go looking for the ghost train, it will be on a March 22 some year. I'm also a video game player, and there is a game, called Red Dead Redemption 2 that has a fictitious ghost train on it with no back story, but now I think was inspired by this one, as it, too, disappears while crossing a small bridge... Awesome job, new item on my bucket list!🙂💙🚂👻

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

What an awesome comment Ryan! Thanks for this! I hope your bucket list gets fulfilled for sure! You have a good point here. Perhaps the best day to catch the phantom train would be on March 22nd. Thank you so much for watching and commenting! I appreciate it!

[@Vintagee858]

I play Red Dead as well. The train only comes at 3am in-game and it only happens once per playthrough I believe! Eerie...

[@ryanpethick383]

@@Vintagee858 Curious History did another video on another Easter Egg Story on RDR2... The Witch Of Helltown... Helltown in Ohio is a story that inspired 'Pleasence' in Lemoyne from RDR2... I don't have a one track mind, I just kinda found it while scrolling through videos...☺🙂

[@BaconPunch]

Heck, my grandma used to spin yarns about a spectral locomotive….

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

That’s awesome! Was it about this one in Rittman Ohio or is it located elsewhere? Also, thanks for watching and commenting! I appreciate it!

[@stevieb125]

Ghostbusters?

[@GingerKraut]

Who ya gonna call??

[@kenmadden6294]

In 1988 I was headed home about 10PM. It was a bright clear night and there no traffic. I looked to my left and saw a train coming down the tracks. At first I was amazed because I had only seen a train on those tracks once in my life years ago. My immediate thought was to beat it to the crossing which was about 200-300 yards ahead. I stepped on the gas and looked ahead. That's when it hit me. There was no crossing! They had torn it out about 3 years before when they were repaving the highway. And those tracks were completely grown up with trees. I looked back to my left and the train just disappeared. The highway makes a sharp left just after the place where the crossing used to be and then parallels the old tracks. I drove slowly beside them and saw that there was no train and the tracks were so overgrown it would have been difficult just to walk down them. I was so shaken I could hardly drive. What I had seen was one of those old engines from the fifties with the rounded sloped back aerodynamic look and the big rotating headlight. This happened about two miles east of Owensville, Indiana. The tracks in question were a long abandoned spur that dead ended in Owensville.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

That’s incredible Ken! Holy cow! Have you been back to those tracks since? Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@stevenplyler6306]

That is very interesting to hear about, for you actually saw a ghostly Diesel Locomotive and not a ghostly Steam Locomotive out there ! Never try to beat a train whether physical or non physical though that is just too dangerous !

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Agreed. The train will always win! Thanks for the comment Steven!

[@davidbaldwin8390]

Was the road you were driving on called 168?

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

David I’m not sure of the number. It’s East Ohio Avenue

[@thespaceace5637]

I can't believe I haven't heard this story before. Of course, there are probably more train-related ghost stories in Ohio than there are stars in the night sky. One of the things your channel shows is that so many seemingly insignificant landmarks can have a pretty amazing history. Not to mention highlighting the actions of long-forgotten heroes like Mr. Logan. I hope you keep the great content coming! By the way, have you been to the nearby unincorporated area of River Styx? That place gives me the creeps on its own. Maybe it's just the name, but it just seems so isolated and devoid of people.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thanks again for the comment Space Ace! I love hearing from you! Nope I’ve never been to the town of River Styx. Will have to check it out. It’s always struck me as odd that people would name places knowing that the name is controversial. I look forward to seeing if I feel the same way you do about the town!

[@willardbreedlove7028]

Also at that battle field there is a tunnel that you can walk through the tracks have been removed and on the sides there are pockets where people could get into if someone was walking through it and a train came through I heard of a guy who was riding his wagon though the tunnel and a train came behind him. He was killed along with the horse. That is just one of the battle fields that I have been too and had strange things happen. There is a battle field not far from my home town of Chattanooga Tennessee where it took 2 days of fighting and I have heard of a story of a solider that is called Green Eyes and some of the people who said that they saw him have strange fillings one was a ranger who was walking down the road to check on the reenactors who where camped there and he told about his run into this thing when a car came by he looked to see if it was still there and it was gone and the brush was to thick for a man to get though. Also I saw this with my own eyes I was riding though the park one night and where the bridge is there was a officer sitting on a horse as we got closer he just disappeared and could be seen in the mirror still sitting on the horse.

[@DJBillionator]

I think we don't hear stories like this because the present doesn't want you to comprehend how bad they had it in the past.

[@espnluver7525]

Have u heard of the moonville tunnel????

[@pamelashiflett5281]

@@willardbreedlove7028 you are near me, I'm across the line in Alabama. Back when we could go into the park at night, at Chickamauga, I've heard the sounds of the battle, and they were not ear piercing but they weren't faint either. At first I thought someone was having a shoot out.

[@jdrailfan391]

I was once walking with my mom along the trail in Banks, OR that went along the old Port of Tillamook Bay railroad line, (which is abandoned btw), from the trail head in Banks, OR. And as we were walking back, all of the sudden, we heard a very loud and clear train horn, multiple times I tell ya! There was no Portland and Western line near us at the time! Obviously this was just a train horn from really far down at the trail head and the sound just bounced from a nearby hill into our direction. But it was still very surreal experience. I made sure to record it on camera. Sometimes though, I like to think that it was the sound of the last train that went down those tracks back in 2007, still echoing, for an eternity. Probably a similar thing happens here, with other train horns bouncing through the trees to make it sound all weird and stuff. So yeah, still a cool experience though!

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Awesome experience for sure JD! 😀😀😀

[@JustAdude291]

I do find it pretty eerie (no pun intended) that an engineer met his demise on the river Styx. Nicely done video, very interesting

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you Tormentor! Appreciate you watching and commenting!

[@barryallenflash1]

I love stories about history, especially the spooky, true ones. My wife and I are BOTH history buffs so anything dealing with the true history of this great country is something worth listening to. Thanks for not boring us to death with more details than we need, straight to the story and just enough to get your point across. You just got a new subscriber! Keep the stories coming!

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

THANK YOU BRIAN! Welcome to the community! We are glad you’re here! Truthfully I am not smart enough to remember all the small detail that other can recite 🤣 But that’s not my style anyway. Thanks for recognizing my style!

[@theroadbackhome2022]

Alexander Logan should be remembered and respected for what he did.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Well said. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@whybother8400]

An old train driver once told me; "A good driver never leaves his engine."

[@user-pq1nr8ch1j]

True

[@3DPDK]

These old ghost train legends are interesting and plentiful across the country. In truth, Biblically speaking, one who sacrifices his own life to save others has an honored place in Heaven. In this case the engineer took his responsibility to his passengers' safety to his death. This man's soul is not wandering the Earth being tortured by reliving these few horrible moments that ended his life. Especially as a professional captain, I find the actual story of bravery and sacrifice far more compelling than the ghost stories. (not to mention the "to the death" loyalty of the fireman).

[@EmeraldEyesEsoteric]

Biblically speaking, the dead are reincarnated, the best proof is mark 10:29-30 and revelation. The reason christians don't believe in reincarnation is because emperor Justinian made it heresy and arrested the pope for teaching it

[@StillProtesting]

Haha. Ghosts themselves are not Biblical.

[@3DPDK]

@@StillProtesting I know that is true.

[@StillProtesting]

@@3DPDK So, what is a soul? Most people say "ghosts" are the "souls" of people that have died.

[@e-train765]

I've lived in Medina county my whole 31 years of life, and currently work IN Rittman, and I've NEVER heard of this tale until today!

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Well thanks watching and commenting Ethan! Let me know if you ever catch a glimpse while you’re at work please!

[@mjrchapin]

That is a wild tale! Amazing how well the engineer knew his equipment and how brave to stay with it! Thanks for sharing.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank YOU for watching!

[@christopherjulianus2214]

Because I’m a former railroad engineer, I must say that you did good!

[@Footy_Fan]

I am so thrilled to have happened upon your channel. You are an incredible story teller, whose content is right up my alley.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

I am as thrilled as you are Footy Fan! Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment! 😊😊😊

[@williamkevinadams2061]

WOW!! I was raised in Rittman and lived there from my birth in 1969 until I moved out in 1995. I never heard that story. I had relatives who used to live in the River Styx area and they never told me about it either. However, when I was about 6 or 7 I did witness a horrific accident of a car that was barreling into Rittman where Higy's Tavern which where the Drive Thru sits now, and the car didn't vear right to go up Ohio Ave or go straight towards the Depot Restaurant, it turned left and went head on into a concrete wall that was there to stabilize trains that might be overloaded and might sway from side to side. Very graphic and horrendous accident. In River Styx I've always felt strange there, just something not right. My Dad's grand aunt used to live a couple of houses up from the intersection and she was known as the town's pychic medium and would hold seances for the townsfolk. Rittman, Doylestown (Rogue's Hollow), and Medina county is rich in folklore and hauntings I believe. Thanks for another piece of info I never knew about my Hometown.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

You’re welcome William! Thanks for sharing the story. Very sad. And thanks for watching and commenting!

[@Agoddamnbetch]

Amazing story telling. The way you delivered every line was perfect! Thank you for the entertainment!

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

My pleasure Leah! Thank you for watching and commenting!! 😊😊

[@frankharrington4881]

Just found your channel and subscribed! My husband's (whose acct I post on) paternal grandfather was a lineman for Southern Railroad until his retirement! Thank you for your channel! Patricia Gambino Harrington

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

THANK YOU PATRICIA! We are so glad to have you join our community! Welcome! And thanks for watching and commenting!

[@frankharrington4881]

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[@christophertmunro4503]

I have always found it strange how fate can sometimes revolve around what someone does with their life and how much family history can predetermine it.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Same here Christopher. Life is funny that way. Thanks for watching and commenting. I really appreciate it!

[@lawnmowermanTX]

I’m living my fate-history right now… I’m done! Drop 🎤😮‍💨😭Nobody knows my story, so they can’t bask in my glory! I have no wife and kids because I’m spiritually financially emotionally disrespected anyways in Texas.

[@55desotomine]

You can't "steer" a train, and the engineer had no control over where or how the train crashed. A question that needs to be answered is; Why did the train derail? And how was it "out of control" when it was simply following the tracks? Reversing with only one side (the other side had a broken drive rod and had no power) is probably what caused it to derail, therefor the conductor actually caused the crash. If he had simply backed off the throttle the train would have slowed down and stopped without incident.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thanks for watching and commenting Toby!

[@55desotomine]

@@CuriousHistoryYT You're welcome my friend. There are several versions of the story apparently, hard to know which one is closer to the truth.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

@@55desotomine yeah history is difficult that way. First hand accounts aren’t always accurate and sometimes the truth gets covered for one reason or another. Often the best we can do is endeavor to keep the spirit of the story alive.

[@Baldwin587]

Reversing on one cylinder in itself would not cause a derailment, the drive axles are coupled. However, there's a good chance the connecting rod on the other side either caught the sleepers and dragged the engine over, or found itself under one of the drivers and pulled them off instead. Unfortunately reversing makes for even poorer stopping than simply locking the wheels. Had the locomotive been braked gently and in a controlled fashion, such as the fateful wreck of John Luther Jones, it may have made it. Not knowing which rod on the locomotive actually failed doesn't help. But either could have caused a derailment. There's a number of accidents from similar failures.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thanks for this Baldwin! Super informative. Unfortunately there doesn’t seem to be any further info on the wreck available to study. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@cailean59]

When I was 16 I saw a "phantom" car. My parents, brother and I were traveling a straight country road at about 3pm. The road gently undulated with small hills and valleys. At the the lowest points were small floodways, each having a depth measure. I had been raining recently so all the floodways had a couple of feet of water. It was now clear and sunny. As we crested a hill we saw a white car heading towards us half way down to the hill heading to the floodway. I watched and was surprised the car didn't slow for the floodway. It hit at full speed creating a large plume of water. The car never came out of the water, it just disappeared. My parents immediately looked at each other, asking if they had seen it. We all confirmed we had seen the car hit the water. When we got to the floodway the water had a gentle ripple, there was no sign of a fresh spray of water on the road. It was as if it had never happened. There was no sink hole for the car to fall into, no road or path the car could have turned up. It had just completely disappeared. My brother and I mention it every so often, still both as confused as we were that day.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Wow! What an incredible story! Makes the fur stand up! 👀 Thanks for sharing this Cailean59! Awesome!

[@mac7040]

Very interesting to hear your presentation and read the experiences of people in the comments. Keep up the good work 👍

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you MAC! I appreciate it! 😊😊

[@pisceanx8382]

Love these old haunted rail stories. There towards the end, when you go into the morbid "coincidences" of his relatives and their related fatalities - *that* is research done well, and a credit to your channel! Well done! 👍👻👍

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you for this! I appreciate the acknowledgment! Research can be difficult at times but pays off in the end!

[@maryellenshock]

​@@CuriousHistoryYTI'm an armchair "historian" and I agree that the research you do is very well done! Need any help? I love to do research on historical events! (Just joking, of course!)

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

@maryellenshock you never know! I just might reach out! 😊

[@VioletWings1353]

You are a gifted story teller! I really enjoyed watching and listening. Thank you! 💜✌💜

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you for watching and commenting Violet Wings! I appreciate your support! I hope to see you here again soon! 😊😊

[@neverinthemoment]

Very nicely done, kind of like a mini-documentary. When I was a teenager (ancient history) I developed for a short period in my life a sincere interest in railroading. I still enjoy these kind of stories! Thinking about all of this just jogged my memory to that same period in the early 1960's when four diesel locomotives derailed in Smiths Creek, Michigan. That was a sight to behold! Also never would have thought there was a real river named Styx, especially anywhere in the United States. Thank You!

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you Arthur. I appreciate the kind words. I’ll have to look into the Smiths Creek incident. Thanks for letting me know about it. And thanks for watching and commenting!

[@jeffgreen7499]

You need to see the River Styx High Bridge...really creepy! You can see it on KZbin on a few videos. Try this first: (W&LE291 7005 & 7006 River Styx Bridge) scary bridge. In 2005 I went to a wedding reception, did a bit of exploring down the road because I'd never been in this area before. I was shocked when the bridge came into view! LQQks like a tinker toy bridge that couldn't possibly hold a train without toppling.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Awesome! Thank you Arthur! And thanks for watching and commenting!

[@SegaDisneyUniverse]

As someone who is a little skeptical on ghost stories, I'd love to be able to experience this ghost train first hand, and see if I'd really hear this strange whistling everyone's talking about.😆

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

I’m on the fence Sega. I think I’d like to experience it but then again what if it was true. Sounds a bit traumatic! 👀 Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@DJBillionator]

You should touch a red hot piece of metal to see if everyone saying it burns you is true. lol

[@mikecancilla3]

Id want to experience it too! Get it on video

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

🤣🤣🤣 maybe someday King!

[@blk77sunshn]

Wow ! I never knew this happened . I was born and raised in Erie PA, and have been through there many times. Thanks for the history lesson !

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thanks for watching and commenting blk77sunshn! I appreciate it!

[@pawelgorniak8550]

I love listening to the stories you present, you have the charisma, voice and ability to tell a great scarry story, I especially love stories about locomotives, trains just don't have that same old time feeling like locomotives, oh and haunted schools as well, I went to one for two years in Toronto. Again, great, love it, subscribed, keep'em coming good sir!

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you Pawel! Do you have any ghostly tales to tell of your time at the haunted school? Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@trexxy9628]

“Curious history” is how i like to travel. I road trip for the weird, the side stories to the well-known historical events. It’s like reading a personal diary of the Civil War instead of just the rote dates and victories or losses

[@Stussmeister]

A ghost story involving trains? You, sir, have my attention. I've written a couple of railroad-related ghost stories, though I can't attribute any local legends to their creation.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you for the fantastic comment Stussmeister! Now you have my attention as well. Is there somewhere that I would be able to read these stories? I would be most interested. Thanks for watching and commenting! It means the world to me!

[@Stussmeister]

@@CuriousHistoryYT You're quite welcome, and thank you for your kind words :). I am trying to get two of these stories published into a book, so I have to be very careful about posting them online, as doing so makes them public domain and therefore not fit for publication. I will likely post the third and fourth to my channel at some point, as I don't think I'll be publishing them. In the meantime, though, I can give brief summaries of these two: 1) A young boy rides with his grandmother on a Halloween "Ghost Train", and on the journey, finds out this name carries a little more meaning than expected. 2) A railroad engineer has his train derailed near an abandoned branch line, discovering that this spur still sees phantom rail traffic. I apologize for being vague, but as mentioned before, I hope to post these to my channel in the future. Thank you again!!

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

@@Stussmeister sounds awesome! I can’t wait to watch!!!

[@johndavies1090]

I'd not come across this particular story before, although I know a fair number of US train-wreck ghost stories. Sadly US railroads a century or so back had an appalling safety record, with several thousand employees being killed each year. Quite why it is, but British railways don't seem to have had the same issues with phantom revenants from accidents - there are very, very few such tales over here.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Excellent comment John! I hadn’t realized that more ghost train stories happen here in the US. Thank you so much for watching and commenting! Much appreciated sir!

[@OriginalBongoliath]

That is an extremely ignorant thing to say when there is a whole online paranormal database dedicated to British Railway Ghosts and accidents. Also I don't know if you are aware but Britain is a tiny island with a fraction of the population compared to the continental-sized United States so of course by default there will be less accidents when you have less people and smaller railroads/less distance to travel.

[@justcause3254]

@@OriginalBongoliath outstanding response. So many people from around the globe always say, “why does the US this, and that…?” Well, most states in the US are the size of entire… yes, ENTIRE countries in other most parts of the world. We have thousands upon thousands of miles of mountains, deserts, forests, swamps, beaches, we border both of the largest oceans and the Gulf of Mexico, and don’t forget the territories too. From the Hawaiian islands to the Atlantic, Arctic Alaska to the tip of Florida, the islands, the deep Gulf swamps… Thank you.

[@ryanparker4996]

Yeah, British Railway ghost stories tend to focus more on workers and passengers on the railway than replaying serious accidents. The London Underground is particularly "busy"

[@m0L3ify]

Cool legend, thanks for sharing! It doesn't surprise me that a family of railway workers lost their lives on trains since it seems like a pretty dangerous profession, especially 150 years ago, but I love that he was able to save the passengers! It would be very cool to encounter that ghost train someday.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

I agree. It would be cool to see for sure!

[@cp368productions2]

Often times hiking old rail beds I swear I hear a train coming. either ghost trains are very common or it's just the location makes you think a train is coming even where none have passed in over 50 years.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

I totally understand CP368! When I was filing this one I was constantly looking over my shoulder! Thanks for watching and commenting! I really appreciate it!

[@jaredharris1970]

Where I live there’s a old former railroad crossing freight trains used to go through town decades ago the tracks are still there but overgrown with bushes and weeds trains haven’t used that track since the 90’s and once and a while when I’m walking down the street and go across them I can hear a train coming

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

That’s awesome Jared! Maybe you have some residual energy on those rails! Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@janmcguire5268]

New subscriber here…really enjoying your stories and your delivery, with the music and just the right tone. It’s slightly eerie and dramatic without ever being over the top. I love it!

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBING JAN! Welcome to the community! I am so glad you are here! 😊😊😊😊

[@hamster-wh3ws]

One of the creepiest things about all this stuff, is that despite having been to the moon and mapped out deep space and built skyscrapers and vehicles that travel faster than the speed of sound and so on........no one in all history has ever been able to tell us what causes this strange phenomenon of the past seemingly briefly returning to the senses of the living :O

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Amen hamster! Well said!

[@DaleDix]

All the smartest people on the planet are doing all the stuff you said. Nobody except TV shows have time

[@bcactus3510]

Theres a bridge between the past and the future . Strong energy imprints in areas from events such as this create connections it seems

[@foo219]

On the contrary, it's well explained. Our memories and imagination often play tricks like these on us. It's been documented pretty well with brain scans.

[@pappacool6763]

Of course there's a perfectly logical reason that has been explained many times before. It's called "Imagination". ⁽ⁱᵐᵃᵍⁱⁿᵉ ˢᵖᵒⁿᵍᵉᵇᵒᵇ ˢᵖʳᵉᵃᵈⁱⁿᵍ ʰⁱˢ ʰᵃⁿᵈˢ ᵒᵛᵉʳ ʰⁱˢ ʰᵉᵃᵈ ʷʰⁱˡᵉ ˢᵃʸⁱⁿᵍ ᵗʰⁱˢ⁾ Some people just refuse to accept this, because they want there to be something more. And there's none so blind as people that just refuses to see.

[@ifistedabear]

I see where "Little John" got his amazing story-telling capabilities; excellent video!

[@pzzuo1387]

I live about 900 feet from an X-railroad. It was removed about 35 years ago. When I moved here, you could hear the train whistle blow sometimes, and the rail cars as well as the tracks clack and rattle. It was an inexplicable occurrence, and those of us that have heard it mostly just shrug and let it go. It’s one of those weird things that happen. I haven’t heard it in about 20 years now.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

You’ve got me spooked John! 👀

[@Dr_Larken]

This is the first video that I watched upon finding this channel! Looking forward to more content such as this! I’m a history major, history doesn’t have to be boring!

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you for watching and commenting Dr Larken! I hope to see you here again soon! 😊

[@Geebax2]

That bridge is not a trestle. A trestle bridge, usually made of wood, has supporting 'bents', that support the bridge deck. That is a simple girder bridge.

[@dangeary2134]

It’s probably a replacement, I would guess.

[@owenstockwood5040]

@@dangeary2134 That and I believe Trestle is somewhat of a coloquialism for railway bridges in general in the US.

[@onehitkill5816]

This reminds me of a northern unexplained phenomenon in Wisconsin. Now most of you probably havent heard this but. There exists a stretch of cleared woods in Wisconsin. Now if you reach the start know this your standing over an old railroad line that has since been closed down and removed. At the far end of this stretch farther than the eye can see if you watch there is a light. Now this light can be multiple cars dim red bright yellow, white even green. I have seen this light. Scientists have tried to explain it but never could. It has no fancy name other than the light. It can appear some nights and other nights it will be pitch black. It flickers but not constantly. I myself have seen it. The legend goes that the old railroad line track was busted up and that a man found it and waited for the train to come so he held up a lantern to signal the train to prevent the accident and that he is still there trying to signal a train long since scrapped and destroyed. On a line long since abandoned and removed.

[@onehitkill5816]

It seriously reminds me of this legend.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

@ONEHITKILL that’s an incredible tale! And seriously spooky! What color was the light when you saw it? It gives me chills thinking of a solitary soul still waiting there holding a lamp for a train that will never come! Thanks for watching and commenting! I really appreciate it!

[@mikecancilla3]

My dumbass would be curious and want to approach the light haha

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Go for it King! If the opportunity ever arises! Would love to hear about the experience!

[@55desotomine]

ALEXANDER W. LOGAN He met death March 22, 1899, while running between seventy and eighty miles an hour on train 5, the fast New York and Chicago Vestibule. Near Rittman, Ohio, the engine jumped the track at a switch frog, and turning over buried him underneath.

[@jananderson672]

Just found this and I'm glad I did Love these kinds of stories As I was watching this,I heard our local train sound it's horn. Talk about timing!

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Wow Jan! That’s super wild! Thanks for sharing this! And thank you for watching and commenting! I appreciate it!

[@Lewman211]

Wow, what an amazing, beautiful, and yet sad story. If i ever get there to do a paranormal investigation, i'll definetly set up equipment and see what happens. That was definetly a brave engineer, who i'm glad died quickly (instead of getting scalded to death from the steam, still a tragedy), but like you said "His actions saved all those lives on the train. Definetly subscribed, and will be looking forward to the next episode.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you for the wonderful comment Lewis. Please let me know what you find when you do your investigation. I’d love to hear about it. Thanks for watching!

[@ORLY911]

Honestly the real bridge is more haunting that a larger more grandiose bridge, its in a out of the way, shallow valley, completely unassuming, which is probably why the sightings caught the people so off guard.

[@hermitbob7304]

Buckeye by birth. I love these videos as they remind me of the old ghost stories I heard as a kid. Keep 'em coming.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Will do Bob! Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@tmwarthunder1016]

A new viewer here. I have one encounter which got me thinking till today, and quite possibly until my last moment. When I was five years old, I was in a train yard in Yangon, Burma, visiting it with my own dad back in 2004. I was minding my own business when I saw something that looked like train headlights. But it wasn't the headlights that I knew of because the majority of heavy rolling stocks still in service at that time had their headlights on the cab or the body, not on the nose. And not to mention, it looked faster than most rolling stocks that I knew of, judging by how much the headlights are getting brighter by every seconds. And there, it stopped. Being a child I was trying to satisfy my curiosity, I decided to go to it and see it for myself(I am a Thomas the Tank Engine Fan, so seeing trains always gets me giddy.) However, before I could even get anywhere closer, it just began to move. However, as a child with basic precaution mindset, I moved out of the railway thanks to my dad. And that was when I actually saw the overall apperance of this locomotive, or more specifically, the entire train. It was sleek, curvious, and most of all, futuristic. I knew of the Shinkansen back then but this train itself pratically out-paced the latest Shinkansen at that time. And what's more, it is silvery Chrome in colour. Even the coaches are sleek and silvery-chrome. I never got to see a closer look at the wheels but I suspect that it must be something more akin to those found on Diesel Engines. From that day, I called it Silver Express mainly because it is sleek like an express train and silver in colour. If this sounds familiar, yes. It sounds like a Snowpiercer. But the thing is, I had not even heard of the novel Snowpiercer at that time mainly due to the media restrictions at that time, and the first media of it was 9 years after my sighting of the Silver Express. And since that day, I never get to see it again. Either I did not go to the train yard anymore, or it just stopped appearing nowadays...

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Such an incredible story TM War Thunder! It feels like it’s a tremendously vivid memory for you and so cool! Thank you for sharing. I love hearing about others experiences! And thanks for watching and commenting!

[@PhoenixLyon]

I love old ghost stories, and you tell them very well! Subbed. Now I have to see what else you did.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

THANK YOU PHOENIX! Welcome to the community! We are very glad you’re here!

[@PhoenixLyon]

@@CuriousHistoryYT Do you have any stories about the Wabash Cannonball? My Mom and Grandma were both born and raised in Wabash, and as a 2nd or 3rd grader, I got to ride the Cannonball on one of her last runs. I was born in Peru, Indiana, which may have some train, and circus stories , as it was where a couple big tops wintered. Thanks!

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Nothing about the Wabash Cannonball yet Phoenix. Will put that on the list. Thanks for this! 😊

[@JeffW2000]

You are great story teller and presenter. Going to binge watch your channel now.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

THANK YOU Beginning Guitar At 60! I appreciate you taking the time! 😊

[@clarkstone-bear7742]

I really like the way you tell the stories. You give the history and you have people tell there tells. And all of your evidence is shouted in fact. Then you let the Viewer decide whether or not it's true or a Fabrication. Love your channel man!!

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you Clark! Love having you here! Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@clarkstone-bear7742]

@@CuriousHistoryYT your very welcome. Can't wait to watch more!

[@gman99001]

When I was younger, I lived in a town called seagraves in west Texas. I was at a friends house for a week and couldn’t sleep one night and went outside to feel the cool air and I heard a whistle and screeching wheels by the old depot that hadn’t been used in a while and got scared. When I went to his second floor window to see what happened, there was a REALLY old steamer that looked like it was brand stinkin new with a dim headlight. I went to wake up my brother and friend but when I got back to the window it was gone. Scared the crap outta me, especially since that line had been disconnected before I was even born.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

What an incredible experience gman! Would have scared the crap out of me too! Bet you didn’t sleep well that night!

[@gman99001]

@@CuriousHistoryYT NOT. A. WINK.

[@devonnewest7990]

I can't believe I didn't know about this channel until today. I love good stories and good story-telling, and man do you have it. Liked/Subd/Shared !!

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBING DEVONNE! Welcome to the community! I am so glad you are here! 😊😊😊😊😊

[@cannadineboxill-harris2983]

I needed to know why they couldn’t dig a tunnel and do an extension for most of the mainline Trains so that they could extend the unused abandoned underground train stations. Why couldn’t they use the part D78 Stock train doors on the sides and also restructure the front face of the A60 and A62 stock which will include the class 507, class 508, class 313, class 314 and class 315 remix and make them all together and also redesign all of them into an overhead wire line trains and also make most of them into Five carriages per units and also having three Disabled Toilets on those Five cars per units A60 and A62 stock trains and also convert the A60 and A62 stock trains into a Gardner 6LXC, Cummins M11, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXB, Gardner LG1200 and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Engines and also put the Loud 8-Speed Voith Gearboxes even Loud 10-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Gearboxes in the A60 and A62 stock, class 507, class 508, class 313, class 314, and class 315 and also modernise the A60 and A62 stock and make it into 11 carriages per unit so it could have fewer doors, more tables, computers and mobile phone chargers? A Stock Train and 8 Disabled Toilets on those A stock trains. why couldn’t we refurbish and modernise the waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel and make it even much more Larger and extend it to the bank station, making it into a Triple-Track Railway Line so those Five countries such as Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden to convert the waterloo and city line Triple-Track Railway tunnel into a High-Speed Railway lines? The Third Euro tunnel Triple-Track Railway line to make it 11 times better for passengers so they could go from A to B. Then put the modernised 11 carriages per unit A Stock and put them on a bigger modernised Waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel so it could go to bank station to those Five countries such as Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden. The modernised refurbished 11 carriages per unit A stock could be a High Speed The Third Triple-Track Euro Tunnel Train So it is promising and 47 times a lot more possible to do this kind of project if that will be OK for London Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden. oh by the way, could they also tunnel the Triple-Track Railway Line so it will stop from Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex so that the Passengers will go to Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland and Sweden and also extend the Triple-Track Railway Line from the Bank to Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex Stations so that more people from there could go to Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden more Easily. Why couldn't they extend the Piccadilly Line and also build brand-new underground train stations so it could go even further right up to Clapton, Wood Street can they also make another brand new underground train station in Chingford and could they extend the Piccadilly Line and the DLR right up to Chingford? All of the classes 150, 155, 154, 117, 114, 105, and 106, will be replaced by all of the Gardner 6LXC, Cummins M11, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXB, Gardner LG1200 and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Five carriages three disabled toilets are air conditioning trains including Highams Park for extended roots which is the Piccadilly line and the DLR trains. Could you also convert all of the 1973 stock trains into an air-conditioned maximum speed 78 km/hours (48 MPH) re-refurbished and make it into a 8 cars per unit if that will be alright, and also extend all of the Piccadilly train stations to make more space for all of the extended 8 car per unit 1973 stock air condition trains and can you also build another Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive Companies and can they order Every 87 Octagon and Every 48 Hexagon shape LNER diagram unique small no.13 and unique small no.11 Boilers from those Countries such as Greece, Italy, Poland, and Sweden, can they make Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive speeds by up to 147MPH so you can try and test it on the Original Mainline so it will be much more safer for the Passengers to enjoy the 147MPH speed Limit only for HS2 and Channel Tunnel mainline services, if they needed 16 Carriages Per units, can they use those class 55’s, class 44’s, class 40’s and class 43HST Diesel Locomotive’s right at the Back of those 18 Carriages Per Units so they can take over at the Back to let those Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s have a rest for those interesting Journeys Please!!!!, oh can you make all of those 18 Tonne Boxes of Coal for all of those 147MPH Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s so the Companies will Understand us PASSENGER’S!!!! So please make sure that the Builders can do as they are told!!!!!!!!! And PLEASE do something about these very very important Professional ideas Please? Prime Minister of England, Prime Minister of Australia, Prime Minister of Sweden, Prime Minister of Germany, Prime Minister of Italy, Prime Minister of Poland and that Includes the Mayor of London.

[@vincentworster5816]

Fantastically creepy, I would love to visit this site but unfortunately live about 4,000 miles away on the other side of the Atlantic

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thanks for tuning in from the other side of the Atlantic Vincent! And thanks for commenting! I appreciate it!

[@jayjablunov4697]

There is a theory that just as some people appear to exhibit pre-cognitive abilities and can intuit events before they happen, other people may have, "post-cognitive," abilities and can see events after they occur, which would seem to be a good fit for sightings/events like this. There may no be so much of a "ghost train," rumbling down the tracks in 2022, so much as somebody in 2022 is made party to an event that occurred in 1899.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

This is such an excellent comment Jay! I’ve never heard of this but in my brain it makes total sense! Thanks for sharing this!

[@jamesholt7612]

That was an awesome but sad story.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

I agree James. Very sad indeed. Thank you so much for watching and commenting! I really appreciate it!

[@dancedecker]

Fascinating story that I had not heard before so thank you for that. I, may, just may, be able to explain it and some of the others in the comments. Long story short, I used to work for the BBC and we did a radio show called "Ghost Hunt". I interviewed a professor who had a hypothesis called "Stone Tape theory", where he put forward that as every part of what basically makes a videotape work, is freely available in nature, (Ferric Oxide or rust, is in the air. Magnetic fields. Negative and positive charged ions etc etc). so he hypothesized that perhaps, is it not possible that under certain conditions that we can't yet explain, the atmosphere can retain sights, sounds and even smells of people or things that have long gone and under certain conditions,for example, the identical atmospheric conditions being repeated at some point in the future, you can get "playback" of what was "taped" in 1899, or whenever. That may explain why ghosts can supposedly walk through walls. When the "tape" was created, it wasn't a wall, it was a door back then. Usually a look at the plans of a building backs this up perfectly. It's certainly an interesting suggestion and has more scientific backing than Aunty Mabel' has come back to say...BOOO!! .Lol. Perhaps worth a thought. It certainly gets my vote as the most sensible and scientifically backed up explanation so far. Not trying to convert anyone. Just putting it out there as a possibility. Cheers.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Fantastic information R Evans! Thank you for sharing this! It certainly sounds plausible to me. And thanks for watching and commenting!

[@dancedecker]

@@CuriousHistoryYT Oh. Thank you. Much appreciated. As I say, not trying to convert anyone, but it's certainly interesting to me as a potential explanation as to what most "ghosts" seem to be. Do same thing time after time when seen. Don't react to anyone there. Just do ...what they do.... and have seemingly always done...or certainly appear to. Anyway, just a suggestion. Cheers

[@TymanTy-xl3wd]

Very nice video here. As a fan of trains and at times scary stories this really got my attention. I look forward to seeing more videos.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thanks for watching and commenting Tyman! I appreciate it!

[@callumgeier9621]

Thankyou for sharing really enjoyed this about the phantom train..great history and story

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you for the kind words King Edward! And thank you for watching!

[@dianelawrence1087]

Clive Cussler wrote a novel that included a train derailment that actually happened. It was winter and a man walking along the tracks noticed the supports for the rails were knocked out by ice. He and the man at the station tried to stop the train. The engineer saw the tracks and didn't know the bridge under them were washed away.

[@throttlegalsmagazineaustra7361]

You're thinking of "Night Probe". It was complete fiction.

[@maryellenshock]

​@@throttlegalsmagazineaustra7361Clive Cussler was a historian, so, while fiction, I believe it was based on a true event.

[@throttlegalsmagazineaustra7361]

@@maryellenshock It was certainly a great plot

[@barbarajean6538]

John, this story reminds me so much of Clive Cussler's "Night Probe." Great video!

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thanks Barbara Jean. I haven’t read Night Probe. Will have to check it out!

[@woodpigeon7776]

Love your channel. I like the slow pace of the story , really helps u get into it. Thanks man.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank YOU!! 😊😊

[@cemeteriesdownunder9247]

loved this story so interesting , weird how the whole family died from train disasters

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

A very dangerous job to have back then. But still I agree. Eerie how it took them all 👀 Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@kiwisunshine9631]

That was fascinating, and well done. Many thanks!

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thanks for watching and commenting Kiwi! I appreciate it!

[@mvan8307]

One of those special places on earth that has the ability to record an energy time stamp, what exactly triggers that time stamp to play is high debated and speculated.

[@RTWest-kn5fr]

Well... I was young once. In Hamburg, New York. There were Erie-Lackawanna coal trains going north from Pennsylvania to Lackawanna just south of Buffalo to the steel mills. Just before Hamburg northbound, the trains would cross the 18 Mile Creek trestle (about 3 times longer than the one shown in this video and a creek which looked more like a river than your Styx river shown). Starting in about 1965, when I was 15, and the legal drinking age was 18 in New York, we used to drink a lot of Genesee beer there, and surprisingly, we began to experience weird things. It coulda also been the Southern Comfort chasers, 'cause it gets pretty darn cold there in winter. So, yeah, these things you describe might be real. Now, as an old guy, military pensioned, and seeing a lot of YT Ohio, Pennsylvania and Western New York UFO/UAP, Bigfoot and cryptid videos, I'm not so sure it was the alcohol. And, of course, where I now reside, which has trains nearby, OVNIs... (UFOs) at the close to me active volcano El Popocatepetl, I worry about bad ETs, Chupacabras and wild, haunted, outta control diesel-electric Puebla-Cholula trenes turistas (tourist trains). I recommend DOS XX cerveza now, chased with tequila. Thankfully, I learned Spanish and can relate the frightening experiences here. Gracias por tu video. RT sends, envía, Colonia Centro Histórico, Puebla, México...

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Yeah R.T. I sometimes wonder if what we thought was alcohol induced in our younger days was really something more sinister. It’s so much easier to get info today and there’s so much of it that I wonder what is real and what isn’t sometimes. Thanks for sharing. Good stuff. And thanks for watching and commenting!

[@dannyking9445]

hi I'm watching from Manchester, England. so I'm not familiar with the place. however after watching its a rather intriguing story, whether it be fact or fiction, I enjoyed the story. brilliantly told as well. I've subscribed so hoping to watch more videos.😊

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

THANK YOU DANNY! Welcome to the community! We are so glad you are here! And thanks for watching from Manchester!

[@tornado5d267]

I actually live near the tall bridge in Medina and have heard about people seeing the train, and I think a reason that people get confused is that the street it's on is also River Styx

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Yep. My thoughts too!

[@Rags2Itches]

I'm a bit late to comment having just found this video. Years ago I lived in Cannington, Ontario, Canada having bought a house there. Down the street I lived on there once was an old railroad station. Three years later I sold that house and moved NE to an old remodeled brick school house. McIndoo School was built for the local railroad worker's children in 1868. McIndoo Cemetery was just down the road from the school to the east. There is a T intersection there and to the south was the McIndoo farm and house (still standing). The railroad tracks had been torn up but they ran in a NE angle from Cannington to the north, Remains are still seen running through the big marshes south of Cannington. Those tracks crossed between the school house and the Cemetery. On some nights we could distinctly hear the sound of a train slowly chugging along those now torn up tracks, headed north towards the small village of Woodville and beyond. We could hear the train bell ring as well. All that runs the old train track cut is snowmobiles in the winter! To add to that, the school was pleasantly haunted by children. We'd see flashes go by the 92 inch windows that were too high off the ground to see a child. Hear the sounds of children at play as well. Oddly when I was away, my student boarders heard the school bell ring. When I returned, I led them outside to show them that there was no structure on top of the school for a bell. They were rather flipped out to say the least!

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

What an incredible experience! This is awesome Rags! Thank you for sharing! I wonder if this is still going on today! Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@Rags2Itches]

@@CuriousHistoryYT I would say yes. This is a very rural area with many farms around it.

[@TheOneTrueDragonKing]

I've seen a few ghost trains myself over the years. They seem to migrate like the birds. First time I saw one was in Arizona. An old standard gauge mining company train numbered forty one. Fun fact here: The story originates in Colorado and is actually part of a song by the late Merle Haggard. I didn't know it until years later, but the train I saw was the legendary Miner's Silver Ghost.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Kerry that’s awesome! What the me of day was it? We’re you scared? I’d really like to know! Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@TheOneTrueDragonKing]

@@CuriousHistoryYT It was about halfway through the evening, from what I remember. Here's the story. Back in 2004, I went walking along an old, rusty stretch of railway line outside of Bisbee, Arizona. Bisbee is a quiet town now, just one big tourist attraction after the next, including an old shaft mine; the Copper Queen. Suddenly, a high, mournful whistle sounded off, and my ears heard the rushing sound of an old steam engine. Then, I saw her: An old 4-4-0 steam locomotive, American-type, bearing the logo of a mining company somewhere in Colorado and the number, 41. Her boiler was glowing red-hot, and the old engine was in a terrible hurry, She turned, ignoring a switch that was set for a dead-end siding, and headed straight for me at a terrible clip, not stopping for a second! I dove to the side, and as she passed I heard a voice coming from the front of the engine. "Got to hurry, got to be there, can't stop, people in danger!" "She's a long way from home," I thought, then realized what I'd heard. "People in danger?! Oh no!" I headed up, following her tracks, and eventually I reached a rock wall where the track dead-ended. A moment later, she emerged, carrying dozens of tired, exhausted and dirty people in helmets, headlamps and rain gear. I watched her, from on high, going back and forth through that wall, rescuing the entire group. Then, with one last blast from her whistle that sounded suspiciously like "VICTORY AT LAST!" she took off down a side track and vanished into thin air. Turns out, that was none other than the Copper Queen mine, which had suffered a devastating cave in that day, trapping a tour group. Though it wasn't until a few years later, after hearing the song, that I realized who that train was. "And every now and then, you'll hear a whistle on the wind; when a mountain slides and many men are lost! It's a high and lonely wailing, searching up and down the mountain; a fabled train they call the Miner's Silver Ghost." She's who I saw that mournful summer's day, and ever since I realized who she was, she's been hanging around. I still get visits from her and some other ghostly railroad friends from time to time. Steam trains really can talk, if you listen real hard to their whistles it can sometimes sound like words.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Love it. What an incredible experience! Thank you so much for sharing!!

[@TheOneTrueDragonKing]

@@CuriousHistoryYT Happy to.

[@prarieborn6458]

@@TheOneTrueDragonKing What an amazing story!! I got chills reading it to night. I have always been fascinated by steam locomotives. In the late 1940’s , I was about 4-5 yrs old and we llived in Lewistown Montana, with my grandparents. The house was up on a hill oerlooking the tracks that ran to the town, RR station. I would hear the engine coming and then it would put on its steam brakes and it looked and sounded like a Dragon screaming.. The old ones, waiting at the station,, actually sound like human breathing…in , breathing out, softly hissing, then a little hoot and the drivng wheels begin to turn backwards, then forward.. And YES, the creature has a voice, and speaks words and tells the story of where it has been and to get out of the way here i come. Years ago we used to listen every night to Art Bell on late night radio, from the high desert in Nevada. His guests would have many a rare tale to tell about ghost trains. The one that caught and held my imagination was about the Funeral Train of Abraham Lincoln. I am sure the story has been documented for history, I do not recall the route the train took across the countryside where hundreds of people turned out to watch it go by and pay their final respects. The story told on Art Bell radio that night was of reports of sightngs of that “Ghost Train” years and years later People would hear it coming and look out onto the tracks as it went by in the night, flags flying, Union Soldiers standing guard on the cars, and they would watch that train as it passed and disappeared into the night.

[@alexwest2573]

That’s interesting how many of his family passed in train accidents

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

I agree Alex. Almost spooky! Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@nelsondawson9706]

I like how you are very concise and have no bias

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you Nelson. I try! Thanks for watching and commenting! 😊

[@EmeraldEyesEsoteric]

Legend has it Shadow the Assassin and his Dog interceptor still come aboard the phantom train for the free ghost food and sometimes they hang out with Seigfried.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

🤣🤣🤣 Thanks for watching and commenting! Hilarious!

[@ConradSzymczak]

Good story. Change the D&RG to an Erie photo.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thanks for the input Conrad. Appreciate it.

[@babyswheels54]

Just discovered your channel. You definitely have me hooked. Great job.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you Jay! That’s most kind of you to say. Glad you’re enjoying the channel!

[@vmm5163]

I once heard a phantom plane crash. It was dusk and I was getting ready for bed in the bedroom when I heard a plane. I don't know anything about planes but it wasn't a Boeing or anything big. I'd say a spitfire size with a loud engine. I've seen a spitfire go over because of the local airshow every summer and it sounded that kind of size. I could hear it low down approaching from the front of the house, I was in the back. It skimmed low over the roof with its engine roaring. I got extremely alarmed as a plane had never passed so low before. Then I was horrified as it crashed with an almighty bang in the hedgerow area of the field outside my back garden. I rushed to the window expecting flames and devastation but absolutely nothing was there. I opened the window and checked and double checked but there was nothing. In the morning there wasn't any sign of a crash. I really wanted to ask my neighbour if they heard a plane crash but put it off for fear they thought I was nuts. This happened in around 1994, Delamere Way, Upholland, Lancashire, England

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Maybe a residual haunting? Based on the “spitfire” sound and the fact that you folks were routinely bombed during WW2 it just might be that! Perhaps something did happen there 80+ years ago that still haunts the area?

[@donttalktome-imacat2106]

Stumbled in, sat down, thoroughly enjoyed myself. Thanks for the vid. Subbed!

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBING DON’TTALKTOME-I’MACAT!! Welcome to the community! I am so glad you are here!😊😊😊

[@jeanfoster7016]

Great job. I love listening to these.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you Jean! I’m glad you enjoy them! Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@ThePsiclone]

Intriguing tale. But there's 3 things you need if you're going to tell ghost stories, 1) a top hat, 2) a black coat or cloak, 3) a wind sock for your mic.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

The mic issue has now been dealt with. As for the other two…I’ll take them under advisement! Thanks for this. And thanks for watching and commenting!

[@noaht5191]

There's a story of a phantom train in the old swamp of Puddin Swamp Rd in Clarendon County SC. I've heard it 2 times where the old tracks lay, and no I do not drink by the way. Love the content. Subscribed.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBING NOAH T!!! Welcome to the community! I am so glad you are here!! 😊😊😊

[@kadinwilliams8045]

In Connecticut, there is a Ghost Train on the Airline Rail Trail. Someone said the New England Limited (aka The Ghost Train) is still running on the trail.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thanks for sharing this Kadin! I certainly appreciate it. And thanks for watching and commenting!

[@TheAtlantaRailfan]

The horn story is easily debunked, sometimes horns on locomotives will brake, and they'll sound really weird, it happens alot with older horns, I've been railfanning (watching and recording trains) for 3 years and I've heard some really haunting horns

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Nice! Thanks Southern Rail for the info! That makes total sense. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@trainman9024]

I can vouch for that I volunteer for a railway here in australia and one of our loco horns makes it sound like the loco is drepressed

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thanks for this Trainman. Yes again it makes total sense. That’s one of the little things that most people wouldn’t know. To most people, one horn is the same as all the rest. Obviously that’s not the case. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@stevenplyler6306]

Since this was a Steam Locomotive from the 19th century it would be a Steam whistle and not an air horn of a Diesel Locomotive that people are hearing when the Ghost Locomotive comes to reenact the wreck out there !

[@danielread7642]

A sad story but very brave man . I belive the story in New Zealand ther is one that appears just out of Tihape at night in full steam loaded with passengers only to be wrecked a bit further down the line .

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

That’s great to know Daniel. Do you know if that rail line is still in use today? Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@danielread7642]

@@CuriousHistoryYT yes its still used today it's the North Island Main Trunk Line from Wellington to Auckland it has a track guage of 3ft 6" our whole rail network is narrow guage. The locomotive was either a K class or J class loco

[@ogeegonesoon8549]

Moved out of beautiful Ohio last year 😭 After living there 60 years ,,so grateful to hear stories from Ohio, as close to home as I'll get. And when dad passes , I'm going back home.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Love and prayers to you and your family!

[@ogeegonesoon8549]

@@CuriousHistoryYT thank you!

[@gerrywood5325]

You are an excellent story teller, sir. Yes, I believe in ghost trains although I have never seen nor heard one. As someone who has had supernatural experiences since I was 15, I'm almost 70 now, I know that things like that happen.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you Gerry! Supernatural experiences since you were 15! Wow! Nothing bad I hope?!

[@lisaalcott4674]

Love this story!!

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thank you Lisa! Love your comment!!

[@rcoutdoors8176]

Has this story been made into a movie and if so what is it called and if it hasn't it should be wow what a tale I also once had a book with a story of Lincoln's ghost train it was also an interesting story

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Not any movie that I know of R & C. Do you happen to recall the name of the book with the Lincoln Ghost Train. I’m curious to know! Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@rcoutdoors8176]

I don't I've been trying to find that book again with no luck

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

I found a book on Amazon called “Haunted America, Lincoln’s Ghost Train: Dead, but Not Gone…Erie U.S. Sightings” Just wondering if that’s the one you mentioned. I’m going to look into this train. If it followed the Lincoln Hwy then I might get lucky in Stark County Ohio.

[@rcoutdoors8176]

It could be I found one called spooky New York by s.e. schlosser about Lincoln's funeral train it says he retold it

[@kimberlylamantia7794]

One night in 2006 I camped out with 2 friends and my bf at the friend's house, which was right next to train tracks. Everyone else was asleep but I was wide awake, looking at the stars. At least 3 times that night I heard a train passing, but there was no locomotive to be seen. I was intrigued and definitely not able to sleep, wanting to witness more phantom trains. We were on top of a camper parked in between both the tracks and a barn. I heard footsteps going around the camper and into the barn, but saw nobody. When my friends woke up I told them what happened and one of their family members, who had owned the camper, had gone into the barn and committed suicide in the barn. Creepy stuff happens near train tracks 😎

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Thanks for sharing this Kimberly! What an amazing experience!

[@returntodreamcastle6810]

Well presented, well researched. Excellent content. Worthy of a subscription.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBING RETURN TO DREAMCASTLE! Welcome to the community! I am so very happy you are here! Thank you for watching and commenting! I appreciate the kind words! 😊😊

[@bobb1870]

Have independent sources investigated it, not just people who lived near the time of the accident? Also, I have visited places considered spooky on purpose. If ghosts existed as people claim, we would know. As for myself, I find ghost stories just that stories to fill our imaginations.

[@CuriousHistoryYT]

Filling our imaginations is probably the best part Robert! Thanks for watching and commenting!