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Folklore and B/S · September 17 · 26 min

Ghost Trains & Haunted Tracks

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. What happens when the tracks are empty, but you still hear a train coming? From ghostly children and phantom locomotives to Lincoln’s legendary funeral train and a mysterious silver subway train in Stockholm, we’re exploring some of the creepiest railroad legends ever told Sources Skinner CM. Myths and Legends of Our Own Land. Vol 7: Along the Rocky Range. New York, NY: J.B. Lippincott Co; 1896. “The Phantom Train of Marshall Pass.” Hudson River Maritime Museum. The funeral train of Abraham Lincoln: a railroad ghost story. Hudson River Maritime Museum. Published 2022. University of Southern California Digital Folklore Archives. Ghost children of San Antonio: school bus/train-track legend. University of Southern California. Grundhauser E. The Silver Arrow, the real ghost train haunting the Stockholm Metro. Atlas Obscura. Published October 7, 2015. af Klintberg B. Råttan i pizzan: folksägner i vår tid. Stockholm, Sweden: Norstedts; 1992. Tales From Tennessee. Headless Train Conductor. Tales From Tennessee: Legends & Folklore. Legends of America. The Phantom Train of Marshall Pass, Colorado. Legends of America. Updated March 2025.

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Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note.

What happens when the tracks are empty, but you still hear a train coming? From ghostly children and phantom locomotives to Lincoln’s legendary funeral train and a mysterious silver subway train in Stockholm, we’re exploring some of the creepiest railroad legends ever told

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Skinner CM. Myths and Legends of Our Own Land. Vol 7: Along the Rocky Range. New York, NY: J.B. Lippincott Co; 1896. “The Phantom Train of Marshall Pass.”

Hudson River Maritime Museum. The funeral train of Abraham Lincoln: a railroad ghost story. Hudson River Maritime Museum. Published 2022.

University of Southern California Digital Folklore Archives. Ghost children of San Antonio: school bus/train-track legend. University of Southern California.

Grundhauser E. The Silver Arrow, the real ghost train haunting the Stockholm Metro. Atlas Obscura. Published October 7, 2015.

af Klintberg B. Råttan i pizzan: folksägner i vår tid. Stockholm, Sweden: Norstedts; 1992.

Tales From Tennessee. Headless Train Conductor. Tales From Tennessee: Legends & Folklore.

Legends of America. The Phantom Train of Marshall Pass, Colorado. Legends of America. Updated March 2025.

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