Legend has it that a train once hit a school bus, killing the children on board, and their ghosts linger all over the area. San antonios ghost tracks will be history after next week. Haunted rails is a great and interesting read for paranormal and railroad enthusiasts. The story was, a school bus full of children had stalled on these tracks with a train coming. There is a similar light with a similar story in crossett.
Mount misery which is not longer a railroad track but an underpass to a highway. With mia wasikowska, adam driver, lily pearl, philip dodd. Munger road is reportedly haunted by flashing lights, screams that come from the railroad tracks, and phantom trains. Legend says a bus of schoolchildren was crossing the railroad tracks at villamain. This video was taken spring break 2011 while visiting san antonio with my cousins. The teenager, melanie, arrives in emerald after a period of rehabilitation on drugs. See more ideas about north adams, haunted places and most haunted places. See more ideas about haunted places, abandoned places and abandoned.
The most haunted places in san antonio, tx haunted rooms. Lawless, who has a book about the trolly tragedy, said. Whether this is an urban legend or truly a ghostly tale has long been forgotten in history. South sides legendary ghost tracks to lose their mystique. Employees, construction workers and visitors have seen the female form floating throughout the theater. Voices have also been heard when there is no one around.
Sandford housethe sandford house on dick street is home to the fayetteville womans. The story is that around the 40s or 50s a bus filled with young kids ranging in age from 7 11yrs stalled on the railroad tracks at this crossing. A haunted railroad tracks lead a troubled teenager to discover the horrifying truth hidden in a small texas town. With leah pipes, kristin cavallari, josh henderson, andrew lawrence. We took a trip to san antonio to visit a haunted railroad track. The legend of the haunted railroad tracks in san antonio, texas. My cousin and i had gone to san antonio, and we had heard rumors of some haunted railroad tracks. With natalie wood, robert redford, charles bronson, kate reid. A true story of a san antonio railroad tragedy the.
The legend goes that if you put your car in park on the tracks, youll be pushed to safety. Unfortunately a train was on the track so they tried pushing the bus off the tracks but they were too late, so the train ended up killing everyone. Haunted railroad tracks lead a troubled teenager to discover the horrifying truth hidden in a small texas town. In addition to ho scale track, trains, scenery, vehicles, and people, having some buildings can add to the look and help you tell a story. Haunted intersection in texas the bus stalled as it crossed the railroad tracks, or so the story goes. The man told lawless the wreck is believed to be haunted. Discover dozens of hauntings on railroads in 19 us states as well as in canada and the uk, including the baltimore and ohio railroad, atlantic coast.
The mbta is home to a network of abandoned train lines, stations, and tracks, including the streetcar loop at maverick station, the court street station closed in 1952, the lost station at. Tracks is based on the truestory of a middle class white suburban teenagers who unknowingly committed a senseless act of violence in july of 1982. The legend of the tragic bus accident and the ghost children who still haunt the railroad tracks in san antonio to this very day. I dont know the exact date but a while back a school bus that was filled with kids stopped on the railroad on munger road. That part of the movie is ok, and follows modern ghost movie traditions. The fayetteville area is home to a number of supposedly haunted locations. See more ideas about train, abandoned train and train station. The light is outside of town and along a stretch of railroad tracks. The ghosts of these children never crossed over, and remain on the railroad tracks to this day. One telling of the legend takes place during the 1930s or 1940s depending on the account, and according to this variation, a bus carrying students home from school was heading toward the intersection villamain and shane.
It was easter sunday and the smith family were out for a spring drive in their model t car. Its been part of the folklore of san antonio for decades a railroad crossing haunted by the benevolent ghosts of children who help motorists. Today, it is said to be haunted by a woman believed to be a former actress. San antonios ghost tracks, an urban legend debunked san. Peter madigan and his friends spent countless summer nights on the train tracks in fairlawn, new jersey when one evening, they mindlessly threw a switch and. Not far from the san juan mission is an intersection of the roadway that is crossed by railroad tracks. The haunting of munger road urban legends unexplained. I own all rights to this video and should be credited when sharing. Just a bunch of barely literate nonsense on other ghost sites.
The dramatic love story of smalltown mississippi girl alva starr and railroad official owen legate, set during the great depression. Strangeways the haunted railroad tracks in san antonio. California is the location of many supposedly haunted locations. Debunking the haunted san antonio ghost railroad tracks.
When it came to the railroad tracks, the bus stalled out. To answer lin moseleys question concerning the location of dunbar,il. San antonios famed south side ghost tracks arent going away but the rumored ghosts are. Nothing of any repute can be found regarding the alleged haunting of the holly ridge railroad tracks. With chris gunn, icet, john heard, barbara christie. Although i wish there were more pictures and more interesting writing to liven up the tales, i enjoyed this book. A young woman goes on a 1,700mile trek across the deserts of. This san antonio folklore is about railroad tracks haunted railroad tracks, naturally. By chris quinn, san antonio expressnews updated 12. Upon our scouting and places to film and investigate for the show, we ran across the well known and documented place in colfax louisiana called the colfax riot of. Haunted railroad tracks in san antonio ghost city tours. Just south of san antonio, texas, is the site of texas most famous ghost story. List of reportedly haunted locations in the united states. Higdon outdoors hevi shot momarsh eukanuba sporting dog gunner kennels mtn ops.
A reporter finds herself entangled in a mystery after returning to her hometown to find out what happened to her brother and more than thirty people who have disappeared there. When she lived in california, she took an overdose of heroin with her boyfriend he died but she was resurrected by the paramedics. But, conceivably the alamo citys most notable saga centers around the socalled haunted railroad tracks on the citys southside. Pioneer park in aspen is reportedly haunted by the ghost of harriet webber, wife of its builder, who died of what was ruled to be an accidental strychnine overdose. Fresh out of rehab, a young woman moves back in with her parents and sister, and soon becomes involved in a mystery that has left people in her town paralyzed. On march 28th, 1920 there did occur a train accident outside of san antonio in a small city called new braunfels. Holly ridge railroad tracks rayville, louisiana 49. Americas haunted highways and byways travel channel. What we seen next was unexpected for more videos smash on that like button, subscribe, and leave us a comment. Union pacific railroad is installing a 10,000foot siding track that will run parallel to the main. Las cruces railroad museum las cruces, new mexico 41.
Whatever the reason is, the haunted railroad tracks is merely a legend and never did truly happen in san antonio. The driver, ferrying kids home from school sometime in the 1930s or 40s, was near the intersection of villamain and shane roads, south of san antonio, texas, when the train whistle screamed. Google maps identifies the location with these words. The most insane abandoned places in massachusetts thrillist. Legend has it, that in the 1930s or 1940s, a school bus full of children was making its way down a road and toward an intersection.
Haunted places in crossett, arkansas haunted places. This old train depot now serves as a railroad museum, and is rumoured to be haunted by at least three spirits, including two ghostly men and a woman in an oldfashioned dress. Haunted railroad tracks it has been said that there is a train track in the city of kankakee where a bus full of children were hit by a train. The rialto square theatre was built as a movie palace and vaudeville venue in 1926. Kankakee legends also tell of odd occurrences happening at the railroad tracks.
My research of the chicago great western in one of the books that i own refer that dunbar is now known as south freeport,il. Everyone in this small town knows what you mean they call it ghost light bluffs. With erica leerhsen, peter speach, david fine, jody pucello. In life, she was hallie latham illingworth, savagely murdered by her husband and dumped into the lake. The legend of the haunted railroad tracks back in the 1930s or 1940s, a school bus full of children was making its way down the road and toward the intersection when it stalled on the railroad tracks. Haunted railroad tracks if youve lived in san antonio for any length of time, its likely that youve heard about the haunted train tracks, maybe youve visited them yourself. According to local lore, a bus filled with kids was once hit by a train, killing all the. The tale of the haunted railroad tracks the urban legend has been debunked with a logical explanation. Munger road is supposedly a haunted railroad in illinois. There are many components to creating a complete and realistic ho scale model train layout. San antonios ghost tracks, an urban legend debunked.
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