My dad grew up near St. Louis in the town of Birch Hills. When he was a young adult, he, my aunt and aunt friend went to the location. They waited for a long time with no result. They were about to leave when my dad claims he saw a white light whiz past them. I hope to go to the area one day to see if I can see the lights.
Nice video Jared! Also there is possibly another ghost story relating to the Hinton train crash where (allegedly, according to someone online) if you went to the site of the Hinton train crash, you could see 2 ghost trains facing each other, standing still with shadowy figures inside both cabs and the coaches, and when the two trains disappear, you could hear the sound of the crash. Whether that story (and this story) is true or not is up to debate, but I find these supernatural stories fascinating.
I saw the ghost lights in St. Louis in the late 80s. The light was peculiar indeed and at one point split into three lights and spun around in a circle before retreating. If you tried to walk up to it, it would back away maintaining a static distance from you.
Automobiles and ghost trains is a combo I have personal experience with. Years ago when I worked for the railroad, another employee claimed to have seen what looked like a red kerosene lantern for a moment while driving along the highway next to the tracks. This location has a siding, and there was a wreck that, if not fatal, did send at least one person to the hospital years back. Cut to a month later as some friends and I are driving the same stretch of highway back into town one night. One of us brings up the “sighting”, we have a laugh, and move on. As we get close, we look, and sure enough, we all see a very distinct red glow coming roughly from same location the wreck had been! One tire screeching stop later the four of us get out and start scouring the site, looking for anything that could explain the light. 15 minutes go by, and nothing. No glass, fence post, or anything could explain the very distinct red light we all saw. We were about to chalk it up to the ghosts when I, while back leaning up against my car, saw the light again as a car passed on the highway. Turns out, there was an old highway marker that had been thrown into the weeds and could only be seen with the perfect angle of a car’s headlight, and even then one had to be at the right angle to see it, hence why we didn’t find it ourselves at first. There were plenty of other unexplainable things while working there, but we managed to bust this one. TLDR: Similar situation, can absolutely see it being light reflection.
This reminds me of the old story about the Maco Light, about the ghost of a decapitated conductor searching for his lost head, using a lantern to light his way. Unfortunately, the Light has never been seen since 1977, when the railroad removed the tracks associated with the story.
This is oddly similar to another legend I used to live very close to, called something along the lines of "The Summerville Light" but my memory of its name is hazy. Back a time ago a railroad man lost his head by the train at a station like this one. And at night it's rumored that you can see the light of his lantern on the site as he wanders in search of his head. It's said his body was recovered but his head was never found. Since then the right of way was removed and Sheep Island Road was created where the rails once were, you know it was once a railroad because the road never curved sharp if at all. Most people say the site of the incident was on the dirt road at the end of Sheep Island where the road turns rough. Maybe accompanied by mounds of dirt. Not sure if it's true though as I've not seen it.
There’s a very similar story down here in the south on a section of railroad I work on. The story goes that sometime in the early 1900’s, a brakeman was ran over and decapitated by his own train one night. There’s a large field off to the side of the tracks. It is said that sometimes at night, you can see a faint flickering white light in the field, almost like a kerosene lantern that would’ve been used at the time. The difference here is, there’s no road at all. I’ve never seen it personally, but I’ve heard from several fellow conductors and engineers that have experienced it while sitting in the siding at night, and all accounts describe the same thing.
One of the biggest American ghost train stories has to be of the Lincoln funeral train. Said to pass through areas that the train traveled through also, with ghost soldiers guarding the casket and steam whisping where there is no steam locomotive
I have an idea for a ghost train story. It's an allegory. You decide what is and isn't fiction. Have you heard of the village of Lancefield, Australia which is probably fifty odd minutes' drive north of Melbourne's CBD? You have now. Even if this place is a ghost town nowadays, its heyday was the late 19th century surely. Even though it has a pub, an IGA supermarket, one bakery and a takeaway joint, that's not really saying much. Nonetheless said city of rust had an operating train station between 1889 and 1956 which is now a nursery also serving as a Bed and Breakfast. During World War 2, one steam engine had to make a delivery of petrol to Lancefield's train station but - due to the risk of getting spotted by Japanese fighter jets - did so at dusk. That's why the engine left its train in a dangerous spot and ran back to Melbourne light engine. The next day an empty troop train leaving Clarkefield was supposed to arrive in one piece at Lancefield. Not so in truth since one of the fuel train's tankers had been leaking. Once the troop train's driver saw the petrol tankers where they were, he applied the brakes, but it was too late. There was a massive BANG. The troop train's crew perished of course, otherwise there were no fatalities as the guard had jumped clear. Just one decade after World War Two finished, the Lancefield line closed and got torn up. Nonetheless if you're in Lancefield staying at the Bed and Breakfast, every night you can hear the faint hissing sound of a ghoulish steam engine fit to burst.
Have driven through st Louis lots on the way to and from the north. This story always scared the heck out of me as a kid, and it's the first and only thing I ever think of when sg Louis is mentioned
I used to go out there a lot growing up, and there were definitely some wild parties out there lol!! It is not a vehicle driving down a road because it is totally inconsistent and the intensity of the light changes a lot. Sometimes its a few seconds, sometimes its solid for a few minutes. The red only shows up the odd time and seems to sway across the tracks from side to side. We walked quite a ways down the tracks and could never seem to get closer. I haven't been back for years, but I would love to since not only do I do my car rally (this account I'm commenting from), but I'm a Locomotive Engineer for CN and would like to bring a few coworkers out one day to check it out. I heard the people who own the land do not welcome people out there anymore though....
I'm from Prince Albert and we went down to St Louis years ago and yes we saw lights and no I don't think it was car headlights ... it felt eerie ... believe it or not true story
Where I'm from (uk) ghost trains are empty stock trains that go to a place that's restricted to passengers in order to not go through the pain of closing a line, as they need to go through a looooong document with the DfT
I was talking to some people that live in the US I'm from Australia but they told me that at their local rail yard apprantly there is part of the yard that is haunted and a ghost train from the civil war stops in that part of the yard with wounded and dying soldiers
I've also hear some say that it's the ghost of a holiday train wreck of a 4-6-0 (possibly called "Ruby") and some say that it's both as the main light is occasionally said to be followed by a smaller light (which allegedly would be the decapitated worker)
Dang being from Saskatchewan haven’t heard of this before 👏. Though wish we had more train service again not like the Canadian that passes through like weekly but city to city
Those classic Canadian grain hoppers, emboldened with "Canada", "Alberta", and "Saskatchewan". I refer to them as 'Cadillacs' for the sheltered, albeit confined space that freighthoppers can scramble into, as opposed to an intermodal well. (1:26)
I believe. Cause there are mysteries of our world we don’t understand and wonder is it possible for a spirit to crossover back into the physical plane of existence. We have to keep open minds for stuff like this.
I’m wanting to go and check this out personally. What are the most active hours to experience the phenomenon? Are locals willing to help identify ideal viewing locations?
Reminds me of the Moonville Tunnel headless brakeman/conductor ghost in what was once a small coal mining town called Moonville in Ohio. There's numerous variations to the story, but they all involve a train crew member getting decapitated and haunting the tunnel.
I believe it's a ghost train. Full disclaimer: I've seen and talked to two ghost trains. Both pretty famous: 1) The Miner's Silver Ghost, whose story is told in a ballad by the late country music artist Merle Haggard and retold by the Wildwood Valley Boys 2) One you're likely familiar with, the infamous Clinchfield 311. (Yes, she is real. No, she is not a Mountain-type. She's a Mogulwith the supernatural ability to change shape into a Mountain.) I wouldn't mind hearing more about these supernatural stories. EDIT: I goofed up and confused a 2-6-0 with a 2-8-0. My bad, doesn't make my story any less true.
@@M1chael42O1 Oh really? I'll have you know that the Clinchfield Railroad did have a steam locomotive numbered Three-Eleven in reality. However she was a 2-8-0 Consolidation. This is the Three-Eleven I encountered. She was built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1909 and was retired from service in December 1951. You can look this up yourself if you want. When she encounters people she uses her power to essentially shape-change into her more-popular fictional appearance. When the mix-up occurred I have no idea, but she's become far more popular as the 2-8-4 Mountain than she ever was as a 2-8-0. The 2-8-0 is how she remains in private, but her public face is that of the fictional 2-8-4.
Why not put a camera drone up and/or a cinewhoop drone down the line at just above eye level when the light appears if you’re out there looking for the Ghost Train?
I live near Regina but went outside of Prince Albert for a family reunuion, I was told about this and we could’ve went to it but didn’t Would’ve been cool
I went to the thing before when I was a teen with a friend for her birthday. This was back when you can get to it by car & before it was fenced off or whatever. I didn't see a thing but apparently a few others saw something
there's also a Toledo Oregon. And if you want a Euro trip without going to Europe? No problem! Just go too Ohio! 99% of our town names are stolen from other counties and states
Facts...I've seen the lights dozens of times. Done my own tests and experiments. Walked the tracks both ways. Taken videos and stills. Sorry everybody, its just car lights. And the tracks do line up 100% with highway #2. Plotted everything on a map. I wish the ghost stories were true but alas, they're not. Oh well
@@ohgodpleaseno7360 Not true. Cars were in use 20 prior to the so called ghost light sightings. Its car lights plain and simple. I even have daylight photo of the light above the tree line before the trees grew higher. Its a fun story but nothing more.
You need to do a bit more research back in the 70s they a group of scientists there for a month they even block off all roads for a bit at night. To see if that was the it. it was not. And when you look in to that the farm south from there at one time had the white orb that hung out in the yard and barn. "most will not tell you about this ether"
My dad grew up near St. Louis in the town of Birch Hills. When he was a young adult, he, my aunt and aunt friend went to the location. They waited for a long time with no result. They were about to leave when my dad claims he saw a white light whiz past them. I hope to go to the area one day to see if I can see the lights.
Nice video Jared! Also there is possibly another ghost story relating to the Hinton train crash where (allegedly, according to someone online) if you went to the site of the Hinton train crash, you could see 2 ghost trains facing each other, standing still with shadowy figures inside both cabs and the coaches, and when the two trains disappear, you could hear the sound of the crash. Whether that story (and this story) is true or not is up to debate, but I find these supernatural stories fascinating.
Ooh...this is interesting.
I saw the ghost lights in St. Louis in the late 80s. The light was peculiar indeed and at one point split into three lights and spun around in a circle before retreating. If you tried to walk up to it, it would back away maintaining a static distance from you.
Apparently the people from that part of Saskatchewan host parties around the ghost light and also chase it on their ATVs 😂
Sounds Canadian to me 😂
@@Cody-Bear sure as hell does
Hell I'd do that too
Live 30 minutes away from there we honestly do
Partied there many times lol
Automobiles and ghost trains is a combo I have personal experience with.
Years ago when I worked for the railroad, another employee claimed to have seen what looked like a red kerosene lantern for a moment while driving along the highway next to the tracks. This location has a siding, and there was a wreck that, if not fatal, did send at least one person to the hospital years back.
Cut to a month later as some friends and I are driving the same stretch of highway back into town one night. One of us brings up the “sighting”, we have a laugh, and move on. As we get close, we look, and sure enough, we all see a very distinct red glow coming roughly from same location the wreck had been!
One tire screeching stop later the four of us get out and start scouring the site, looking for anything that could explain the light. 15 minutes go by, and nothing. No glass, fence post, or anything could explain the very distinct red light we all saw. We were about to chalk it up to the ghosts when I, while back leaning up against my car, saw the light again as a car passed on the highway. Turns out, there was an old highway marker that had been thrown into the weeds and could only be seen with the perfect angle of a car’s headlight, and even then one had to be at the right angle to see it, hence why we didn’t find it ourselves at first. There were plenty of other unexplainable things while working there, but we managed to bust this one.
TLDR: Similar situation, can absolutely see it being light reflection.
A video about my neck of the woods! I’ve travelled through St Louis many times, especially back when visiting my grandmother in nearby Birch Hills.
I always thought this was more or less a local legend around PA and Saskatoon, very surprised to see someone make a video on this
This reminds me of the old story about the Maco Light, about the ghost of a decapitated conductor searching for his lost head, using a lantern to light his way.
Unfortunately, the Light has never been seen since 1977, when the railroad removed the tracks associated with the story.
Maybe the conductor finally found his head in 1977?
@@childofcascadiait’s rumored SCL employees found a skull in the swamp around that time
This is oddly similar to another legend I used to live very close to, called something along the lines of "The Summerville Light" but my memory of its name is hazy. Back a time ago a railroad man lost his head by the train at a station like this one. And at night it's rumored that you can see the light of his lantern on the site as he wanders in search of his head. It's said his body was recovered but his head was never found.
Since then the right of way was removed and Sheep Island Road was created where the rails once were, you know it was once a railroad because the road never curved sharp if at all. Most people say the site of the incident was on the dirt road at the end of Sheep Island where the road turns rough. Maybe accompanied by mounds of dirt. Not sure if it's true though as I've not seen it.
There’s a very similar story down here in the south on a section of railroad I work on. The story goes that sometime in the early 1900’s, a brakeman was ran over and decapitated by his own train one night. There’s a large field off to the side of the tracks. It is said that sometimes at night, you can see a faint flickering white light in the field, almost like a kerosene lantern that would’ve been used at the time. The difference here is, there’s no road at all. I’ve never seen it personally, but I’ve heard from several fellow conductors and engineers that have experienced it while sitting in the siding at night, and all accounts describe the same thing.
Are you talking about the Gurdon. Light. ??
a perfect mix between two of my favorite hobbies
One of the biggest American ghost train stories has to be of the Lincoln funeral train. Said to pass through areas that the train traveled through also, with ghost soldiers guarding the casket and steam whisping where there is no steam locomotive
I have an idea for a ghost train story. It's an allegory. You decide what is and isn't fiction.
Have you heard of the village of Lancefield, Australia which is probably fifty odd minutes' drive north of Melbourne's CBD? You have now. Even if this place is a ghost town nowadays, its heyday was the late 19th century surely. Even though it has a pub, an IGA supermarket, one bakery and a takeaway joint, that's not really saying much. Nonetheless said city of rust had an operating train station between 1889 and 1956 which is now a nursery also serving as a Bed and Breakfast. During World War 2, one steam engine had to make a delivery of petrol to Lancefield's train station but - due to the risk of getting spotted by Japanese fighter jets - did so at dusk.
That's why the engine left its train in a dangerous spot and ran back to Melbourne light engine. The next day an empty troop train leaving Clarkefield was supposed to arrive in one piece at Lancefield. Not so in truth since one of the fuel train's tankers had been leaking. Once the troop train's driver saw the petrol tankers where they were, he applied the brakes, but it was too late. There was a massive BANG. The troop train's crew perished of course, otherwise there were no fatalities as the guard had jumped clear. Just one decade after World War Two finished, the Lancefield line closed and got torn up. Nonetheless if you're in Lancefield staying at the Bed and Breakfast, every night you can hear the faint hissing sound of a ghoulish steam engine fit to burst.
Nice video Jared!
Been waiting for someone to make a vid on this, right on
Have driven through st Louis lots on the way to and from the north. This story always scared the heck out of me as a kid, and it's the first and only thing I ever think of when sg Louis is mentioned
I used to go out there a lot growing up, and there were definitely some wild parties out there lol!! It is not a vehicle driving down a road because it is totally inconsistent and the intensity of the light changes a lot. Sometimes its a few seconds, sometimes its solid for a few minutes. The red only shows up the odd time and seems to sway across the tracks from side to side. We walked quite a ways down the tracks and could never seem to get closer. I haven't been back for years, but I would love to since not only do I do my car rally (this account I'm commenting from), but I'm a Locomotive Engineer for CN and would like to bring a few coworkers out one day to check it out. I heard the people who own the land do not welcome people out there anymore though....
Great Halloween and spooky themed video!
Very nice videos
I'm from Prince Albert and we went down to St Louis years ago and yes we saw lights and no I don't think it was car headlights ... it felt eerie ... believe it or not true story
Jared, you know what would be fucking classic, adding a jump scared that video
Where I'm from (uk) ghost trains are empty stock trains that go to a place that's restricted to passengers in order to not go through the pain of closing a line, as they need to go through a looooong document with the DfT
I like this video you should make more like this one
As a born and bred Saskatchewanian, this is a neat story.
We used to have bush parties out there back in the '80s
A white light and also a red light? Yeah, I've never heard of any vehicles with white and red lights on them. 🚗
There is a similar story that took place in Chapel Hill Tn on what is now the CSX main line between Birmingham, Al and Nashville Tn.
If i had a dollar for every time a railroad worker got decapitated on the job and became a decently-famous ghost light…
I was talking to some people that live in the US I'm from Australia but they told me that at their local rail yard apprantly there is part of the yard that is haunted and a ghost train from the civil war stops in that part of the yard with wounded and dying soldiers
Welcome to America even the dead people pay taxes
I've also hear some say that it's the ghost of a holiday train wreck of a 4-6-0 (possibly called "Ruby") and some say that it's both as the main light is occasionally said to be followed by a smaller light (which allegedly would be the decapitated worker)
oh hey thats omori music
great spooky ghost train story🚂🎃👻
OoOoooOooooOOOoOOooO very spoopy
Great video. !!!!
Dang being from Saskatchewan haven’t heard of this before 👏. Though wish we had more train service again not like the Canadian that passes through like weekly but city to city
Those classic Canadian grain hoppers, emboldened with "Canada", "Alberta", and "Saskatchewan". I refer to them as 'Cadillacs' for the sheltered, albeit confined space that freighthoppers can scramble into, as opposed to an intermodal well. (1:26)
What about the ghost train in Medicine Hat? Very cool (but sad?) to hear of another one!
I believe. Cause there are mysteries of our world we don’t understand and wonder is it possible for a spirit to crossover back into the physical plane of existence. We have to keep open minds for stuff like this.
Very spoopy :O
i might go see the st. louis train this year my class talked abt it yesterday in music
Most ghost trains I think of: saddle and tank engines large 4-6-2. Small 2-6-0 tender switchers
I’m wanting to go and check this out personally. What are the most active hours to experience the phenomenon? Are locals willing to help identify ideal viewing locations?
Hell yeah, storry about my home province
Reminds me of the Moonville Tunnel headless brakeman/conductor ghost in what was once a small coal mining town called Moonville in Ohio. There's numerous variations to the story, but they all involve a train crew member getting decapitated and haunting the tunnel.
I believe it's a ghost train.
Full disclaimer: I've seen and talked to two ghost trains. Both pretty famous:
1) The Miner's Silver Ghost, whose story is told in a ballad by the late country music artist Merle Haggard and retold by the Wildwood Valley Boys
2) One you're likely familiar with, the infamous Clinchfield 311. (Yes, she is real. No, she is not a Mountain-type. She's a Mogulwith the supernatural ability to change shape into a Mountain.)
I wouldn't mind hearing more about these supernatural stories.
EDIT: I goofed up and confused a 2-6-0 with a 2-8-0. My bad, doesn't make my story any less true.
you lost anyone believing you when you brought up the 311.
@@M1chael42O1 Exactly
@@M1chael42O1 Oh really?
I'll have you know that the Clinchfield Railroad did have a steam locomotive numbered Three-Eleven in reality. However she was a 2-8-0 Consolidation.
This is the Three-Eleven I encountered.
She was built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1909 and was retired from service in December 1951. You can look this up yourself if you want.
When she encounters people she uses her power to essentially shape-change into her more-popular fictional appearance.
When the mix-up occurred I have no idea, but she's become far more popular as the 2-8-4 Mountain than she ever was as a 2-8-0.
The 2-8-0 is how she remains in private, but her public face is that of the fictional 2-8-4.
@@TheOneTrueDragonKing first you say it's a Mogul and now you say it's a consolidation (which is true). Can't even get your own story right
So are you schizophrenic or just severely sleep deprived
Seen them! It's no lie... f,n spooky!
RIP RR you will be missed.
Lived in Prince Albert for several years. Never heard the story, but there's a local craft beer named after it that tastes p good.
Very spooky😨
Some say that the Ghost Conductor's Head is now a Skull and faded away into Ashes
Why not put a camera drone up and/or a cinewhoop drone down the line at just above eye level when the light appears if you’re out there looking for the Ghost Train?
what happened to your series of granger rail?
Smaliar to Summerville Light in South Carolina
Saw it when I was a kid, totally legit.
I though i hear a Whistler sound like the haunted train n.25 in the intro, can you believe on the Ghost light ?
My home province! Cool! But I live a long way from St. Louis.
I can see white smoke in the video and that is an interesting story.
Someplace like that in the states as well....Taillights & Headlights from cars on a distant road...As the cars pass by....Case closed
I have heard of this ghost train!
I know story about train who drive along a railway line that is already in use. Second strange thing was train was too old
i went there i was litterally on that rocky beach near the bridge
The *Real* Phantom Express
plz do a video about the 1968 covinton indiana train wreck next plz
spooky
Spooky
I live near Regina but went outside of Prince Albert for a family reunuion, I was told about this and we could’ve went to it but didn’t
Would’ve been cool
dude they gotta add a red mars light to the excursion, that would be sick lwk. and it would add to the authenticity lol
I want to go to St. Lous now
I went to the thing before when I was a teen with a friend for her birthday. This was back when you can get to it by car & before it was fenced off or whatever. I didn't see a thing but apparently a few others saw something
what if i saw it
Just one question which locomotive is the light?
supossedly a 4-6-0, (possibly called "ruby")
But what number
Weat land rail is that what its called
Why don't they use drone as a tool to investigate the source of that mysterious lamp?
Canada Post put out a stamp of this in 2014
Hilly roads in Saskatchewan?? That's hilarious 😂
-that’s funny the locomotive is in St. Louis-
So thats what my cat does at 4 am
Why didn't you say it was CN 3254
your thinking of something that happened in British Columbia
CN 3254 is preserved and on display at steamtown
coool
I hope you don’t give me nightmares
There is a ghost train in cape may I Live in PA
I built the mansion on the side of the tracks, opposite of the town.
No creepy Trainz video then?
my family is from the area and i have many supposed real accounts of this happening
Bro my teacher showed my class this
I’m asking this because I couldn’t find anything about this
No one has thought of looking up death records of the town?
Ya what about the death records?? CN:"nothing to see here" but what the???"I said nothing too see here!" 💰 ahh got ya.
There Is a St. Louis in Saskatchewan?
Apparently there isn't just a St. Louis Missouri
there's also a Toledo Oregon. And if you want a Euro trip without going to Europe? No problem! Just go too Ohio! 99% of our town names are stolen from other counties and states
@@dominicEQ lmao St Louis sask is definitely not a city.
Many places in western Canada where named after other places in the world where the first settlers came from..much like many places in the western US
@@M1chael42O1 look up Ding Dong, Texas now that is an original
Facts...I've seen the lights dozens of times. Done my own tests and experiments. Walked the tracks both ways. Taken videos and stills. Sorry everybody, its just car lights. And the tracks do line up 100% with highway #2. Plotted everything on a map. I wish the ghost stories were true but alas, they're not. Oh well
I'm from slou and have seen the light. definitely not car lights in my opinion. and has been documented since before cars were invented.
@@ohgodpleaseno7360 Not true. Cars were in use 20 prior to the so called ghost light sightings. Its car lights plain and simple. I even have daylight photo of the light above the tree line before the trees grew higher. Its a fun story but nothing more.
noice
How could a decapitated train conductor cause a ghost?
Ghost car
I just shit my pants, I live in Saskatchewan
The huh?
The ghost train rescued me from a pack of wolves they pulled me aboard time altered I was away 1 week reality 3 months
Sure, buddy--- right!
It might not be a human spirit. It could be the energy of that event replaying.
I've seen the light. A few times. And you really need to work on your pronunciation of "Saskatchewan" 🤣🤣
You need to do a bit more research back in the 70s they a group of scientists there for a month they even block off all roads for a bit at night. To see if that was the it. it was not. And when you look in to that the farm south from there at one time had the white orb that hung out in the yard and barn. "most will not tell you about this ether"