Deltic Ghosts

blackfour · Post by **blackfour** » Sat Jun 15, 2002 8:49 pm

Ok, here's one for you, last Thursday i was walking back from an exam, on a path that overlooks the railway line, it's pretty lonely up there, so i was walking pretty fast, but, as always, i looked down to the railway line to see if there was anything there, there was, as far as i could tell, a class 50! in large logo blue! heading an oil train! off the Sheffield by-pass. Can anyone confirm this, or have i just seen my first ghost...?

basildd · Post by **basildd** » Sun Jun 16, 2002 9:36 am

blackfour wrote:Ok, here's one for you, last Thursday i was walking back from an exam, on a path that overlooks the railway line, it's pretty lonely up there, so i was walking pretty fast, but, as always, i looked down to the railway line to see if there was anything there, there was, as far as i could tell, a class 50! in large logo blue! heading an oil train! off the Sheffield by-pass. Can anyone confirm this, or have i just seen my first ghost...?

It was either 47847 or you are seeing things...

37714 · Post by **37714** » Wed Jun 19, 2002 7:45 am

Most interesting thread!

Though not as spectacular as most of your stories, i have one myself. Nothing special, easily explained but still.

Must've been sometime in the morning, can't remember exactly, i was heading for bristol on a rather stuffy 150. Naturally, everyone opened the windows, and as we were entering the Severn Tunnel, i noted the distinct smell of burning coal. As far as i knew, there weren't any Steam Specials running that day, and as there were no spotters to be spotted (har) i assumed that there wasn't.

When we were sufficiently into the tunnel, the sound levels within the 150 started to rise, and these were the sounds of clanking and banging. (Not those clanking and banging sounds normally associated with 150's

) The noises continued, and im pretty sure that i could hear the sounds of a steam engine running. To be completely honest, i was quite worried at the sounds, i thought something was seriously wrong. After exiting the tunnel on English Turf, everything was normal.

I know that im not alone in this, other members of my family could also smell the coal, and had heard the noises.

blackfour · Post by **blackfour** » Wed Jun 19, 2002 10:13 am

Could it be Tregenna Castle? That didn't crash, but it was shot at by Nazi planes, and ran into the Severn Tunnle to avoid them...by all accounts she ran faster than she ever had, and ever did that night. So, maybe she's still there...still saving her ghostly passengers to this day?

Electricfox · Post by **Electricfox** » Wed Jun 19, 2002 6:03 pm

On the line (pun unintended) of the Second World War, theres always that Southern loco on the Romney Marshes (I think) thats boiler blew up after being strafed by a 109 and a piece of metal struck the 109 and knocked her out of the sky.

blackfour · Post by **blackfour** » Wed Jun 19, 2002 7:01 pm

You mean Victoria? Just like the old queen, she couldn't stand impertinence, so bang! away went the boiler, down went the plane...

MikeM7044T · Post by **MikeM7044T** » Wed Jun 19, 2002 8:09 pm

eddief wrote:This might interest some people

Deltic 55020 Nimbus was sighted by 2 people entering Hadley Wood South Tunnel in September 1980. The only thing is Nimbus was cut-up in February 1980 (yes that is right). There was no reports of a train running through Hadley Wood station let alone a Deltic working. Could it be that there is still a Deltic working on the ECML?

Sounds like when Oliver escaped from the scrapyard and hid in the cuttings in The Railway Series book 23 Enterprising Engines.

blackfour · Post by **blackfour** » Wed Jun 19, 2002 8:28 pm

You've got that one as well? Must be one of my faves...

pitleyfalley · Post by **pitleyfalley** » Wed Jun 19, 2002 10:30 pm

I have all 40 of the thomas the tank books, and im 17, i dont care what people think!!! Not seen any railway ghosts yet, although all this stuff sounds really cool.

Chris

blackfour · Post by **blackfour** » Thu Jun 20, 2002 9:11 am

Unexplained Phenomena does seem to interest people rather a lot, i've never known why...

37714 · Post by **37714** » Thu Jun 20, 2002 11:51 am

The truth is out there.....

blackfour · Post by **blackfour** » Thu Jun 20, 2002 2:30 pm

What is truth? What is fiction? Is there such thing? Truth is what you make it, without us, there is no truth, no fiction...

Goingnorth · Post by **Goingnorth** » Thu Jun 20, 2002 4:26 pm

I've got one thing to say about this......Aren't ghost train rides .? About as scary as a ride around Tescos on the front of a shopping trolley on a Saturday morning.

Maybe someone should do a ghost route?

cadet200 · Post by **cadet200** » Thu Jun 20, 2002 4:46 pm

hey, tesco's on a busy day is sh*t scary, lol. never seen something infuriate old people more than someone who manages to get the last can of 9p beans.

37714 · Post by **37714** » Fri Jun 21, 2002 6:35 am

Its amazing how much speed those little old people can generate when pushing in at queues. Normally they move so slowly, but when there's a spot for them to cut in at the line, Whoomf!

Maybe we should do as they say, and learn from our elders.