The Ghost Train of St. Louis, Saskatchewan 

Apparently the people from that part of Saskatchewan host parties around the ghost light and also chase it on their ATVs 😂

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.

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.

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.

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.

If i had a dollar for every time a railroad worker got decapitated on the job and became a decently-famous ghost light…

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Someplace like that in the states as well....Taillights & Headlights from cars on a distant road...As the cars pass by....Case closed

OoOoooOooooOOOoOOooO very spoopy

I like this video you should make more like this one

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

a perfect mix between two of my favorite hobbies

Jared, you know what would be fucking classic, adding a jump scared that video

Great video. !!!!

Seen them! It's no lie... f,n spooky!

I've seen the light. A few times. And you really need to work on your pronunciation of "Saskatchewan" 🤣🤣

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?

Some say that the Ghost Conductor's Head is now a Skull and faded away into Ashes

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.

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.

Most ghost trains I think of: saddle and tank engines large 4-6-2. Small 2-6-0 tender switchers

I’m asking this because I couldn’t find anything about this

How could a decapitated train conductor cause a ghost?

A white light and also a red light? Yeah, I've never heard of any vehicles with white and red lights on them. 🚗

I though i hear a Whistler sound like the haunted train n.25 in the intro, can you believe on the Ghost light ?

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.

Why don't they use drone as a tool to investigate the source of that mysterious lamp?

Saw it when I was a kid, totally legit.

So thats what my cat does at 4 am

There is a ghost train in cape may I Live in PA

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....

The *Real* Phantom Express

As a born and bred Saskatchewanian, this is a neat story.

Hilly roads in Saskatchewan?? That's hilarious 😂

Nice video Jared!

Weat land rail is that what its called

The ghost train rescued me from a pack of wolves they pulled me aboard time altered I was away 1 week reality 3 months

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.

oh hey thats omori music

Canada Post put out a stamp of this in 2014

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.

plz do a video about the 1968 covinton indiana train wreck next plz

what happened to your series of granger rail?

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)

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 hope you don’t give me nightmares

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

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)

My home province! Cool! But I live a long way from St. Louis.

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

No creepy Trainz video then?

I just shit my pants, I live in Saskatchewan

what if i saw it

What about the ghost train in Medicine Hat? Very cool (but sad?) to hear of another one!

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

Ghost car

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 know story about train who drive along a railway line that is already in use. Second strange thing was train was too old

I built the mansion on the side of the tracks, opposite of the town.

-that’s funny the locomotive is in St. Louis-

Spooky

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

Bro my teacher showed my class this

my family is from the area and i have many supposed real accounts of this happening

Hell yeah, storry about my home province

We used to have bush parties out there back in the '80s

i went there i was litterally on that rocky beach near the bridge

Smaliar to Summerville Light in South Carolina

i might go see the st. louis train this year my class talked abt it yesterday in music

RIP RR you will be missed.

I have heard of this ghost train!

Been waiting for someone to make a vid on this, right on

I can see white smoke in the video and that is an interesting story.

The huh?

great spooky ghost train story🚂🎃👻

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

There Is a St. Louis in Saskatchewan?

Very spoopy :O

Great Halloween and spooky themed video!

coool

Very nice videos

No one has thought of looking up death records of the town?

noice

I want to go to St. Lous now

Just one question which locomotive is the light?

Why didn't you say it was CN 3254

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"

It might not be a human spirit. It could be the energy of that event replaying.