Ghost Trains

[lea_hazel]

I'm not sure this is exactly the right forum, since I'm asking kind of a broad discussion question, although it does relate to something specific I wrote, sort of. I would have posted it in fantasy, but it's more of a horror thing if it belongs to any genre, which is a bit alarming when I consider that horror is about as far from my genre pool as possible.

What do you think about ghost trains? Have you ever read or heard a ghost train story? Do you think they're interesting, and if so, what's the most interesting thing about them? Or do you prefer some other ghost method of transportation, like ghost ships (cf. the Flying Dutchman -- warning, TV Tropes time-eating sand-pit link)?

I am not usually one for ghosts, barring The Sims 3. For some reason, though, the phrase "ghost train" got stuck in my head a while back and I want to write something about it. I just can't figure out if it should be a story or a poem, or, heavens forbid, a novel.

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[ex_pippin880]

I dunno, they are different things in my head. Which is, admittedly, a very organised place. I have a story which is about a dead train trying to get a psychic to kill a train driver for it so that it can pass on, though, so at least there's a reason for the distinction.

Being a ghost tea lady on a ghost train would be the most pathetic thing ever. :(