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The Silver Ghost is about a ghost train, the "Old 41." The legend within the song tells the story of a train thrown from it's rails by a mountain slide 50 years earlier. Yet, witnesses still see and hear the train go by.

Legends of ghostly trains are common and always entertaining. Songs are still topping the charts today involving ghostly trains. Further resources on the web are:

• Express Train to Hell (NJ, USA)
• Ghost on the Tracks (CO, USA)
• Ghost Train (Alberta,  Canada)
• Lincoln Death Train Appears (NY, USA)