Ghost Train (#1) haunts long-abandoned "Suntan Special" route over Santa Cruz Mountains!

[MrLOWSTYLEZ]

the sounds from roarins camp echo pretty far cause of all the sandstone cliffs

[MrLOWSTYLEZ]

lol thats the echos from roaring camp,thats a shay locomotive it has a distinct 3 beat exhaust pattern, probly the dixiana,you can hear and see the smoke from ben lomond and scotts valley and on the west side closest to hiway 9.im kinda disapointed i wanted to see something wierd,but i do know of sighting and sounds in boulder creek area,my mom used to live right on the property that usesd to be the old mainlin station and rail yard, the back house used to be a conductor and brakemans bunk house

[TurboDV8]

Where I took the video is near the top of the summit of highway 17, near Laurel, which is several miles (as the crow flies) from Roaring Camp. And the sounds were not coming from the south, where Roaring Camp is. They were coming from the east, down in the ravine on the SP grade, which was torn up in the '40's,

[jmream1]

That is a ghost train

[gtaroblox101]

if you were not having ear plugs and the motorcycle on then you would've lost your hearing

[indie1361]

If it was a ghost train, it would be much louder due to your proximity to the old right of way.

[TurboDV8]

@indie1361

It was quite loud. It is difficult to convey in the video how loud it was due to the camera's ALC. As I said, it was loud enough for me to hear with my motorcycle running, my helmet on, and wearing earplugs under the helmet, so you can imagine it was pretty loud.

[fatnuts777666]

does any one notice the movement in the trees of the lower r/h side of middle screen about 25-28 second mark? it looks like a light of a train maybe?

[Tallyock]

What you're hearing about is an abandoned railroad called the South Pacific Coast Railroad line, It was taken over by Southern Pacific in 1887. The Suntan Special (The train which you're hearing) ran through this line between San Jose and Santa Cruz took which came down the San Francisco Peninsula and took passengers straight to the beach. The service was disrupted by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. In 1940 the tracks were abandoned in that year. In 1942 the tunnels were dynamited.

[kr4449]

thats some sracy shit man

[Senor0Droolcup]

Very cool. Those of us who love hiking the South Pacific Coast's old right of way salute you!

[CampJosa]

Was this, by chance, filmed near Bear Mountain? Roaring Camp and Big Trees operates narrow-gauge steamers up and down the mountain there.

[TurboDV8]

@CampJosa

That's a good guess, but nope. Bear Mtn. is, as you know, basically in Felton. This recording was captured just west of the summit, near Laurel.

[288jh]

hahahaha...let me gues...ur near one of UP's tracks and thats either the 3985 or the 844....PM if im right

[shawnmohr1989]

it sounds like it below u were on earth is this place at

[SuperZeppelin666]

oh wow, that sounds more like toy train sound 

[paintballsniper5]

that is creepy

[MilwaukeeSDman]

HOW HOW HOW DIID YOU HEAR IT

[goldcoastflyer]

WOW thats cool i want to see that also i was expecting a zombie car type pee your pants thing. thanks!

[gtaroblox101]

@goldcoastflyer like a scary pop up

[southern4501isawesom]

how did u hear it that is awesome