10-05-2009, 08:11 PM
There is a story, in New York, along the old Harlem Division of the New York Central.
There is one point along the line, that the highway runs not to far from the tracks. The story goes that at night, the headlight of the Northbound, would blind folks as it came around the corner. One night, the northbound spooked some horses, that ran across the track with its buckboard and driver, in front of the train. The engineer went into emergency stop, but the cars behind the steam engine started to accordian. The engineer and the fireman were both killed.
Today, motorist report being blinded by a trains front headlight as they round the curve in the road, or some have even heard the whistle of a steam engine, blowing frantically. Even though the tracks have been ripped up decades before.
Also, along the same division, but a little south, is a place called "the Three Graves". There is three unindentified people buried along side the tracks, with just stone crosses, and no names. No one knows who they are, how they got there or why the were buried next to the tracks. But down through the years, on occasion, passengers and train crews have seen three people standing next to the spot, A man, a woman and a small girl. Even today, some reports still come from commuters on Metro North , that three people are standing there, watching the trains roll by.
There is one point along the line, that the highway runs not to far from the tracks. The story goes that at night, the headlight of the Northbound, would blind folks as it came around the corner. One night, the northbound spooked some horses, that ran across the track with its buckboard and driver, in front of the train. The engineer went into emergency stop, but the cars behind the steam engine started to accordian. The engineer and the fireman were both killed.
Today, motorist report being blinded by a trains front headlight as they round the curve in the road, or some have even heard the whistle of a steam engine, blowing frantically. Even though the tracks have been ripped up decades before.
Also, along the same division, but a little south, is a place called "the Three Graves". There is three unindentified people buried along side the tracks, with just stone crosses, and no names. No one knows who they are, how they got there or why the were buried next to the tracks. But down through the years, on occasion, passengers and train crews have seen three people standing next to the spot, A man, a woman and a small girl. Even today, some reports still come from commuters on Metro North , that three people are standing there, watching the trains roll by.
Torrington, Ct.
NARA Member #87
I went to my Happy Place, but it was closed for renovations.
NARA Member #87
I went to my Happy Place, but it was closed for renovations.