Legend:

The ghost of a woman is said to walk along the far side of the tracks, followed by the scent of lavender.

It is said that a woman from Mineral  was crossing the train trestle, she was struck and killed by a train.

Rumor has it that her ghost still walks the area where her broken body had fallen after being hit from the train.

Some people claim to catch the scent of lavender wafting in the wind even in winter on the far side of the tunnel. An early witness even claims someone followed him along the tracks and when he took off in a run, the ghost kept a good pace with him. In sheer panic, when he veered off the tracks, the spirit disappeared.

 

 

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Effects have been added to this image to illustrate real accounts of experiences.

 

So is there any evidence a woman was killed on the tracks? There are actually two documented cases:

1873 Unknown Woman killed on Tracks

1873 While we delayed for a few minutes at Moonville on last Monday we heard reference to the instant killing of a woman in the deep cut near that town the day previous by the morning express. . . (Athens Messenger, October 16, 1873)

1905 Mrs. Patrick Shea killed on Tracks

1905 Mrs. Patrick Shea (in her eighties and a grandmother of Michael Shea) was walking the Moonville to Hope and while crossing the trestle was struck by a train. Her leg had to be amputated and she died from the shock. Recalled by Michael L. Shea.