Hello and welcome back to the Most Amazing Channel on the internet – I am your host,
Rebecca Felgate and today we’re back talking about trains!
You guys loved the Top 10 Scary Train Urban Legends so much that we have decided to make
a part 2, and you know what… this makes me happy because I love trains!
Before we get going, I want to hear what the longest train journey you have ever been on
is?
I got an overnight sleeper train from Bangkok to Surat Thani in Thailand and it was awesome.
I would love to get a classy overnight sleeper on the Flying Scotsman from London to Edinburgh…bucket
list for sure.
Okay, let’s do this!
10 - Express Train to Hell This story is an Urban Legend from Newark
Central Station in New Jersey.
It seems that a homeless man had been hanging around the station for a number of days and
the station master had kept trying to move him on.
One night he started screaming “ “It’s coming for me, it’s coming for me….”
When the stationmaster reluctantly told the man that he was going to call the police,
he said in all seriousness – The express train for hell is coming for my soul, you’ve
got to help me.
He confessed to the station master that he had killed a man who had cheated him.
The stationmaster told him to calm down, but sure enough, at midnight, the sound of a steam
engine came rolling into the station, along with the telltale wind that comes with an
approaching train.
He held the homeless man back, as he looked like he was about to jump in front of the
invisible train.
Both of the men stumbled back and the stationmaster lost his grip on the man.
When he turned to see if he was okay, the homeless man was nowhere to be seen.
From New Jersey to nearby New York, we have The Ghost Trains of Hell Gate Bridge at number
9 There is a genuine bridge in New York called
HELL GATE bridge….
Which is disconcerting.
Hell Gate crosses the east river, connecting Queens to Randalls Island.
That isn’t all the bridge connects, though, it may well join New York to the afterlife….
According to local lore, the bridge is haunted by an old train whose passengers are the cities
damned.
Those who find themselves on the bridge at night report seeing strange lights thundering
towards them before they disappear.
Others report seeing an old, battered train floating over the river.
The legend says that the carriages are filled with people who have lost their lives in the
water…from murder victims, people who have fallen short of the mafia, suicide jumpers
and historic Dutch Explorers…they all sit together on the weirdest ride of all time.
8 – Haunted Connolly Station, Ireland Connolly Station is a busy train hub in the
center of Dublin and connects rail routes across the country.
In 2011 Ghost Hunters visited the station after a rise in reports of strange goings
on in the building and around the platform.
The Station is old, dating back to 1844, which means it is likely to have seen a lot of action.
The station is also near the North Strand, which was heavily bombed during World War
2 and it is thought that some of the poltergeist activity is from lost souls who were killed
in the bombardment.
Leading Paranormalist Tim Kelly was keen to be granted permission to investigate the station,
which is hard to obtain seeing as it is always so busy.
He said Sometimes the human ear can't pick up the voices and they are only audible once
recorded on the audio recorders and reviewed ….. he also quoted ghostbusters and claimed
that he ain't afraid of no ghost.
Andddd all of a sudden, we’re back in the USA as we talk about the Deadman on the New
York Subway at number 7 This legend has been circling the New York
Subway for about as long as the subway has been running…and has also done its rounds
on the Paris Metro, the London Tube, the Toronto TTC….and basically all cities with underground
train networks.
This legend goes that a person is sitting on the train minding their own business, but
they soon look up to realize the person across from them is staring at them with a creepy
vacant stare.
They notice two people sitting next to the starter, seemingly unaware.
A man then comes up and whispers in the train riders ear that they ought to get off at the
next station.
They do, and the man says something along the lines of “thank god, I didn’t mean
to scare you but you had to get off the train, the man staring at you was dead and the two
people aside of him were propping him up.”
There are so many variants on this story – some include one person riding round and round
on a loop until someone finally realizes they’re dead.
This story appeared in print in 1933 in a newspaper about Manhatten folk tales, leading
us to believe this is simply an urban legend.
6 - The Legend of Casey Jones – Jonny Cash sings the true story of the legendary
Casey Jones, a gallant railroad engineer working in Cannonball, the USA in the late 1800s.
Jones had a rep for always running his trains on time without fault, even if it meant running
trains at very high speeds.
He began to be known for his efficiency and the whistle he would make while driving trains
through towns.
One day, in April 1900, Jones was working a double shift and was tasked with bringing
a late train from Memphis into Chicago on time.
The train was an hour and a half behind schedule and Jones sent the train flying at 100 miles
per hour.
Sadly, as he pulled through Vaughn, Mississippi, he realized there was a train parked on the
tracks ahead.
Because of how fast he was going, he couldn’t stop in time.
He pumped the breaks and advised some passengers to jump.
He sounded the train's whistle as a warning.
The collision was awful, but all the passengers survived.
The only person who died was Casey, who was struck in the throat while he had one hand
on his whistle and another on his break.
5 - The Baby Train Ah, this is a classic urban legend!
Why is it scary?
Well….because… babies!
Babies as a result of train schedule!
This urban legend has been told across a number of cities and one of the earliest mentions
was in Chicago.
1939 a passage in Christopher Morley’s Novel, Kitty Foyle read: “The first thing you hear
mornings in Manitou is the early Q train to Chicago.
It’s too early to get up and too late to go to sleep again.
They have a legend out there that the morning yells of that rattler do a good deal to keep
up the birth-rate.”
The legend also was appropriated to Canberra in Australia when the Government supposedly
noticed that the birthrate was three times higher than in the rest of Australia.
When a Government Statistician went to investigate he found the place swarming with kids.
He realized the town was on the main rail line used by the Kyogle Mail train every morning
at 4.30am.
Apparently, this wake-up call got people frisky.
Right!
If all it takes is a train horn to get pregnant, I’m terrified.
Also, that really is one horn that will haunt you forever.
This story is coming from New Zealand.
Yeahhhhh mate.
At number 4 we have the Ghosts of Glen Eden Railway Station.
Situated in Auckland, the Glen Eden Station has a rather morbid history.
The station in Waitakere City was built in order to transport bodies to the nearby Waikumete
Cemetery.
That isn’t all, either.
On January 11th, 1924, Alex MacFarlane, a tablet porter at the station, lost his balance
and slipped between the platform and an oncoming train, severing his legs.
He died from his injuries two hours later.
Since the station was refurbished, a café has been built on site.
It seems the ghost of MacFarlane is partial to a visit.
Café staff has reported seeing a man with a grey beard and trench coat walking up and
down the platform.
Some say they see a man peering at them through a window.
Other staff members have reported a man in a top hat entering the café and asking for
a train timetable before disappearing.
Is this the same gentleman or are they two separate ghosts?
Are there more ghosts?
I wouldn’t be surprised, given the station’s history.
Do you want to know what happens after the last train leaves Sydney’s Macquarie Fields
Station?
Find out at number 3 I read an article online that called Macquarie
Fields a small station with a very big secret.
According to local reports, after the last train departs, crying and wailing can be heard
whistling down the station.
Those who have been on the platform after the last train has reported seeing a teenage
girl shrieking, crying and sitting on the tracks.
Apparently, this ghostly apparition is fond of starring into peoples eyes as they walk
by her.
Some say the ghost is of a girl who missed the last train home and was murdered as she
tried to make her own way home, others say she was a teen who fell on the tracks…whereas
others say she is a regretful suicide victim.
2 - The Ghost of William Terriss Actor, William Terriss was stabbed to death
outside London’s Adelphi Theatre on December 16th, 1897 by a fellow thespian, Richard Archer
Prince.
It seems that Terriss had had the man fired from a previous production due to his instability….which…considering
he later turned to murder him, is a fair shout.
Prince was an alcoholic and was declared insane, which meant he got off quite lightly.
Perhaps this unresolved business is why the Ghost of Terris is said to haunt the Adelphi
Theatre and the nearby Covent Garden Tube station.
Terriss’ ghost has been reported at Covent Garden station since 1955, over 55 years after
his death.
Jack Hayden, a ticket taker at the station was locking up when he encountered an elegantly
dressed man wearing gloves and holding a cane.
When Hayden asked the man how he was still in the station, he disappeared.
When he reported the incident, his description matched the late actor.
Many other station staff has spotted him after hours, too.
It seems that the Tube station is near the site of Terriss’s favorite bakeries.
All ghosts are by nature pretty scary, but I have to say, the ghost of Actor, William
Terriss, isn’t the worst to encounter…he just seems to want a cake!
1 - Time Travelling Train of Zanetti This is a popular urban legend surrounding
the alleged disappearance of a train in Italy in 1911.
The story goes that an Italian Rail company, Zenetti, had set up a trip to advertise a
new train route.
They invited 100 high flying members of society to board this new train on a show route.
The train, manned by 6 crew, left Rome and was traveling towards Lombard.
As the train approached a mountain tunnel, a few of the passengers had a bad feeling.
Two of the passengers were so overcome with terror, they jumped from the moving train.
The rest glided on the train into the tunnel….which trembled and closed up behind them.
It literally seemed as if the mountain swallowed the train, which was never found.
The two people that jumped from the train were injured but survived and relayed their
experiences to locals after they regained their health in hospital.
The other 104 people on board were nowhere to be found.
There were some sketchy reports of 100 or so people turning up in Mexico speaking Italian
and seeming very lost and confused.
Okay…so that was that!
What an adventure!
Which of these did you find the scariest?
Let me know in the comments section down below!
Also, don’t forget to let me know what the longest train ride you have been on is!
Comments from part one of the Top 10 Scary Train Urban legends.
PipsKay Wrote: me who was born, grew up and still here in San Antonio, grew up hearing
of the train track children, you park near the tracks put powder on the back of you car..get
input your car in neutral, and your car will slowly go across the tracks by itself..when
you get over the tracks, you get out and look on the back of your car where you put the
powder on and you will see small wee hand prints?.
We had a great comment from BoxCarWillie S160 who wrote a really scary tale from the UK.
They wrote: I've actually heard about a haunted tank engine.
It's what's called a "56xx" tank engine, built for the Great Western Railway.
It's uncertain why the engine is haunted, but it's said whenever it's put in steam and
left unattended by crew members, it will run over people that stray too close to it.
One such person was the manager of the company that owns this particular tank engine.
He managed to survive with just barely being hit by the engine, but since then it's been
stowed away in a museum.?
That is insane.
OOOh, and Jozsef Vikar wrote: Top 10 Urban Legends about ghost ships??
I would be so up for that!
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