Perkasie Tunnel Ghost Train

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Historic Train Tunnel in Perkasie Pa where a tragic accident occurred in the 40's .At the time there were 2 tracks inside the tunnel.

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  • They Still Run Some Freight In The Tunnel Operated By CSX. 

  • @TrainGuy33 Thanks for your comment and reminding that this line is still active. It would be great if someday it  would return to passenger service. It runs through a beautiful part of Pa.

  • lol nice story.

  • @missjacko1 Thanks for your comment. Our video is really about history and the hard work railroad men faced. Glade you enjoyed it.

  • well... the line has never been decommissioned and they do still run freight on it every once in while. There is talk, about every 10 years, that someday it could run a passenger line again. Most of the stations are still there and a few of them restored. Its a beautiful area but I think the days of passenger trains are gone for this line. Thanks for your question.

  • I live right next to these tracks in telford. Never heard this story! Love the narration!!!! :-)

  • @Calebhunsicker Thanks for your comment. The accident happened 67 years ago. I am pretty sure the 'legend' has been told since the 1980's..maybe longer. The train line has many interesting stories. If you happened to be a hobo traveling through Telford up the line towards Quakertown, you would most likely be thrown off (literally) before you entered the tunnel. Railroad men took their job very seriously and it seems like there was not shortage of adventure.

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  • @paranormalteam1011 Aww please do it.

  • The real story of what happened at the train tunnel is more tragic than the fake one about the headless conducter. Immigrants from ireland were sent to perkasie to build the tunnel(this was b4 work visas and medical benefits)there was an epedemic that made many of the Irish workers sick. Some of the workers rebelled because they were too sick and were shot to death by the national gaurd.

  • @TrainGuy33 Correction, it's operated by East Penn Railroad. When CSX operated the branch line, they only came as far as Telford. Now NPR took over operations between Lansdale to Telford and East Penn continues operations between Telford to Quakertown.

  • @SuperLocalyocal Let me tell you what I do understand. I've railroaded for almost 40 years. I've had to pick up bodies and pieces of human beings who were struck and killed by trains. I understand that a railroad right of way of any type is not a playground. Someone could see this video, and think that just because there's limited use of this line, that it's okay to play around similar other areas where traffic could be more frequent. Now do you understand? I doubt it. There's no pill for stupid

  • @coldblue9mm ~If you don't live in Perkasie, you wouldn't understand.

  • That's so fake.

  • May 18th is my birthday.. :O

  • I love visiting this tunnel. Me and my dad go here often.

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