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Silver Run Tunnel

Cairo, West Virginia, United States

Road or bridge · local-legend

The Story

The White Woman of Silver Run is said to stand on the tracks in a pale gown, forcing engineers to stop before vanishing. In a well-known version, a skeptical engineer drives straight at her; witnesses farther along the line then see her riding the locomotive’s cowcatcher. The story belongs to Tunnel 19 on today’s North Bend Rail Trail.

The Hauntings

The White Woman of Silver Run is said to stand on the tracks in a pale gown, forcing engineers to stop before vanishing. In a well-known version, a skeptical engineer drives straight at her; witnesses farther along the line then see her riding the locomotive’s cowcatcher. The story belongs to Tunnel 19 on today’s North Bend Rail Trail.

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