At ‘haunted’ train station, specter of work rises again
| September 8, 2009 | 6:01 AM
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Not afraid of a little hard work, are you?
That’s the spirit.
As you head back to your job after the long holiday weekend, just be glad the boss isn’t making you work at the haunted train station. That’s what railway workers in India may believe is happening to them.
The station at Begunkodor, India, about 160 miles from Calcutta, had been abandoned for 42 years. Things went off the tracks for the forlorn outpost when workers started refusing to go there, claiming to have seen a “woman ghost” in a white sari.
Now Railway Minister Mamata Banerji has said sorry, to the workers, and the station has been reopened. That spikes the hopes of anyone who wanted to stay away, but the locals don’t appear too spooked. They pleaded with Banerji during India’s election campaigns to bring back the trains — must have been a whistle-stop tour.
Officials say workers made up the ghost story, to derail being sent to such a remote location. Apparently there was no stopping the tale once it got rolling.
Read more at BBC News.
Related links:
- Colorado Railroad Museum
- U.S. National Railway Museum
- British National Railway Museum
- India’s National Rail Museum
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