No, this is not yet another post lamenting the death of Engine No. 14.
In a recent internet journey I chanced upon this webpage:
http://www.paranormalghostsociety.org/A ... ilRoad.htm
It's dedicated to a paranormal investigator's prowlings about the Arcade & Attica's yard and equipment (a typo in the first paragraph calls the RR the 'Arcade & Attic'...no doubt because that's where most ghosts hang out).
Nothing on the page seems to indicate that this investigator and his team came up with any sort of evidence of a haunting, other than a few expressions of the sensation of being watched in some of the old coaches. But that was probably just the man-eating dog that lives next to the yard waiting for dinner (I hate that dog; I can't believe the damn thing is still alive).
While it appears that these particular 'ghost hunters' were just having a good time, I wonder what results they might have come up with were they to spend a night in the station. Would they encounter Dick Cartwright in his office planning the acquisition of new equipment? Or in the engine house: might they peer into the cab of old No. 14 to see Manley staring back at them with that mischievous grin of his while chewing tobacco?
I can recall burning the midnight oil at the station a few times, always with the creepy feeling that there was someone watching me. On one occasion, I looked out the window to see a man's face staring back at me. I shouted an expletive and nearly had a heart attack. It turned out to be one of Arcade's finest, wondering why the lights were on so late.
At any rate, if there are ghosts (and I suspect they aren't mere fairy tale), certainly there must be one or two lingering about the premises of the Arcade & Attica Railroad. Does anybody have any stories of late night encounters with departed staff to share? Of phantom whistles? Of eerie Lackawanna coaches? (couldn't resist, sorry).
This is, perhaps, a topic more suited to October than January, nevertheless if you haven't seen this website, take a look. It's certainly offers a different perspective on the Arcade & Attica Railroad.
Boo.
In a recent internet journey I chanced upon this webpage:
http://www.paranormalghostsociety.org/A ... ilRoad.htm
It's dedicated to a paranormal investigator's prowlings about the Arcade & Attica's yard and equipment (a typo in the first paragraph calls the RR the 'Arcade & Attic'...no doubt because that's where most ghosts hang out).
Nothing on the page seems to indicate that this investigator and his team came up with any sort of evidence of a haunting, other than a few expressions of the sensation of being watched in some of the old coaches. But that was probably just the man-eating dog that lives next to the yard waiting for dinner (I hate that dog; I can't believe the damn thing is still alive).
While it appears that these particular 'ghost hunters' were just having a good time, I wonder what results they might have come up with were they to spend a night in the station. Would they encounter Dick Cartwright in his office planning the acquisition of new equipment? Or in the engine house: might they peer into the cab of old No. 14 to see Manley staring back at them with that mischievous grin of his while chewing tobacco?
I can recall burning the midnight oil at the station a few times, always with the creepy feeling that there was someone watching me. On one occasion, I looked out the window to see a man's face staring back at me. I shouted an expletive and nearly had a heart attack. It turned out to be one of Arcade's finest, wondering why the lights were on so late.
At any rate, if there are ghosts (and I suspect they aren't mere fairy tale), certainly there must be one or two lingering about the premises of the Arcade & Attica Railroad. Does anybody have any stories of late night encounters with departed staff to share? Of phantom whistles? Of eerie Lackawanna coaches? (couldn't resist, sorry).
This is, perhaps, a topic more suited to October than January, nevertheless if you haven't seen this website, take a look. It's certainly offers a different perspective on the Arcade & Attica Railroad.
Boo.
