norfolksouthern777
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I like how you made it into an interactive story. However the original story goes like this.
October 31, 1948, Clinchfield Railroad #311 loads up logs at highland forestry. At 9:13 pm the train departs, heading towards the lower highland yard. At around 9:30 it began to rain, and the fog rolled in making it hard to see the tracks ahead. Due to the large downpour, rocks alongside the river were knocked loose and were pulled downstream into the wooden trestle. Since the trestle was old, when the rock hit the lower supports of the bridge they snapped which cause the bridge to give way. The engineer and firemen could not see the disaster until they were right ontop of it. The locomotive and crew plumeted into the freezing water below, the cars however remained on the tracks. When cleanup crews were called in to clear the wreck out of the water, the locomotive and crew were no where to be found. Its said that every year on Halloween, when it begins to rain and the fog rolls in, the ghost of 311 can be seen attempting to cross the bridge, but as it reaches the other side, it fades into the fog.
Where did you find that? My version is based on a combination of the stories I could find.