The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-30
THE CAMBRIA GHOST TRAIN.
1t Scared Many People, Got an Engineer
wife and Really Made n Run.

supersttious lot" said the new fireman, oracu-
larry. as he dried his hands on the bunkroom towel
after a hundred mile trip. That engineer Of
mine has funny ideas He says he never killed
a man yet without killing two more inside Of the
week. II never misses he says"
You youngsters think you know II all" put in
Billy Wavely, who had run thirty years over tho
mountain Wait till you've run awhile and you
will sec things which will make you feel sad you
talked SO fresh"
Another thing" went on the new fireman
unabashed, Il heard old Bill Trout say hobo
never dies with his boots on. He says the Lord
has fixed II so that since tramps never take their
shoes of while they live they are taken
off for them before they step before the Judgment
scat"
It's fact said Wavely. Il never hit a tramp
in my life and killed him that had not his shoes oil
when we went back TO pick him up. The pilot
iron holds the shoes down when it strikes and Just
lifts him out neatly"
"That'sit." put in the fireman. There's always
q rational explanation for these railroad super
stitions don't believe these ghostly things"
Don't eh?' Wavely asked derisively. We'll
did yol ever hear of the ghost train up on the
Cambria? Lots of people saw that train ping
up the hill with the devil himself at the throttle
Lots Of people heard the crash of wreck and
tne eAplOslon OF a DOHer but inc next Jay IL
was found no train had passed over the road.
The super said it fake of some crazy
loon"
Must a been" said the fireman, complacenuy.
Wait till I'm done" said Wavely. inside
of a month after that ghost train seen the
South accommodation picked switch on the
road and was wrecked. Jerry Tierney. the en-
gineer, an old friend OF mine scalded 10 death.
That ghost train was a warning, l say
The fireman was silent, and after a moment
Wavely went on: ats funny how good comes
out of evil. ] saw the train, but II brought me
the greatest good that ever came into my life.
! mean my wife. / was stationed at Cresson
that year. 70, think IL was A little girl lived
up along the line and every night when
in of my run footed it up to see her had
long had II in mind to ask her to be my WIFE but
somehow ! never could get up steam enough
T. do it. This particular evening l made an
ass OF myself myself as usual, l started
homo with a weight on my heart like driving
wheel Mary, that was her name, walked out TO the
gate with me, and while we were standing there
the hos, Train Pissed By the
CINE and a couple OF cars, no more, same as the
accommodation that was wrecked aiterward.
light, and could see the face Of the devil in the
cab, lighted up blue like, and one OF his imps
AFFIRM She piled up the track like all possessed,
and when she was about three miles up h" d
an awful crash and that was the end Of the & st
Train. was scared green, and poor Mary, Ike
around my neck and that gave Lie the courage
70 ask the question, which was properly answered
before the evening was over
There is no doubt about that ghost train" put
IN Jim Jersey who i3 had had been listening quietly
but his grayer years had sobcred him into leader
in the Christian Association. But three IONple
eve knew the truth about that host train Red
Panhandle DIVISION
who is now away up in the general offices, was
another, and am he third rs funny story
too T Bill KnoWs that hat - Navey nodded ass en-!
never threw a scoop of coal in The frebox. Red
and were nearly OF an age, and We ran around
Fe ds h sf IN III hs shG
Jim, there's dance up at Coalville tonight.
each me walking thirteen miles to dance
You don, need to walk, said he Let's go
Il grnncd at him. for there was no sort Of spe-
cial we could go on unless we worked hendcar
old coal dinkv We shii cd in'o C,illom shaft
year ago Well heres supers ion the mine
happen I 10 Know here is no gas in The mine
was in myself last week and examined tho
We'll asked, for I couldn't sec what he was
%Ihat dinky will run all right. She is, q little
leaky and weak at the Joints but We could take
her up 10 Coalville oil right
"You're a fool said l. We would get fired II
we'd ever do that
my scheme III 60 in and push that dinEy out
with bar, We'll fire her up and carry no Lights
stop down in the woods below Coalville, and after
well, the upshot Of it was fell in with Reds
got started, any way We walked up 10 the old
mine and lie pushed the dinky out with bar
Hooked her over and found she would make steam
enough 10 go up TO Coalville and back. anyway
In the meantime Red managed to get fire made
under her W. dropped her down the hill to
a standpipo and were about ready'tO start when
Jim suggested we hitch on couple OF old cars
Just for fun he said kicked, but he insisted,
We started Red wcttcd y box Of matches and rubbed
the phosphorus over our faces 10 make us look
We'll sir, that was the widest night ever had
Red got up an awful FIRE under her, and after we
got started we made great time We passed lots
Of people along the road and scored them almost
daft You know where the old Argyle shaft
is, ,Bli'' WayelE Bill, who's face was a study
he old We 6s sS daEy
t the switch h The next thing heard Red yell
out Jump her, JIM we are running into the old
4oaE anef ed fqS e my p
Before we could get up the old dinky pl1ughed into
8e the bosi bus as scae
10 death. Rcd and made our way eight miles
back home. Red dJessed a nasty cut on my head,
| but wasn't III TO work next day. When
asked the super TO let me of he looked at me sort
| o funny and asked"
| Did you hear about that ghost train last
| night Everybody is talking about it.
| Il said had heard something about IL
| ~ saw you and Red walking up the track last
| night he said and thought something would
happen.
| like that Is To tell the truth So told the supel
| all about that ghost train. He was a good Eel
| low and all he said was
| II there no fuss made about il III not peach
| But you had better lay of month with you
head IN hc that man Wolf the next scrape h
| gets in.
And he did"
| Bear THE SUN In mind when you agar
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