In tonight’s ghost story, we explore Stockholm’s infamous subway of the undead
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That's more funny than scary
Where do you even buy secondhand subway cars? And who was selling them?
Delightfully SPOOPY!
Ever hear of the Ghost Train from the “Hey Arnold!” Cartoon?
This is a good start for the spooky time
A great start to October.
I've heard of many ghost/spooky stories surrounding the railways, admittedly most sound like pure hocum but are interesting none the less.
I'd love to hear you talk about the strategic steam reserve at some point.
(Unless you have already done so and I have missed a video)
Brilliant channel.
Nice video about an urban legend that has always tickled my mind and (perhaps somewhat weirdly) instilled just a little bit of national pride. Just one correction: the C5 setwas not bought second hand, it was actually a prototype bought new from Hägglund & Söner in order to trial a new construction method.
The trainset also had a minor role in the infamous 90s movie "Sökarna" (The Seekers) where it can be seen in shots from Metro-Stations. The C5 was supposedly chosen because the directors of the film wanted to portray a fictitious city in an alternative Sweden and not specifically Stockholm.
So a classic case of resources being put where they never bore fruit. Kinda makes sense honestly, along with the spread of the stories. Putting those carriages to public use un-finished and paintless was a poor idea all-around.
Well done
The 8 cars of type C5 were not second-hand, they were new to Stockholm. Also, the line to Kymlinge opened in 1977, not 1975.
So that's where they got the idea, take some old clapped-out Leyland buses, put some rail bogies on them and call them Pacers.
Decades later they were still rattling along.
Nice
I see new content for thomas the tank engine
“Stockholm, Sweden, home to many things, including the worlds narrowest street […]”
*proceeds to show a picture of the narrowest street in Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany*
The sign for the “world‘s narrowest street” is German and quite literally says the name of the city it’s in on it: Reutlingen, not Stockholm.
0:03 that picture is in Reutlingen, Germany XD Even the text on the sign is German
Normal ones are green while these are grey?
Hmm, those are my colours. 😛
Great video, and excellent choice of background music!
Spooktober
im actually going to stockholm on wednesday, love this series keep it up chap.🚂🚃
Some factual errors:
a) they were brand new, as they were designed to test different features for future subway cars
b) that's a Soviet subway car interior, the silver arrow had bay seats
c) the Saltsjöbanan train is a much later metro model converted to railroad width (thus the 'skirts'), it has never been green, always light blue with white stripes
Some more facts:
It had the same total and inside width as the previous modes, but the doors were hung outside instead of sliding into pockets in the wall. To do his, the walls were thinner. This might be the reason to why they made a somewhat eerie whining sound, which might have contributed to the ghost story, and you could hear from afar which train was coming.
The interior details were also somewhat different to both older and newer trains. I can remember that the covers above the door weren't rounded, the panels above the windows were vertical instead of tilted and the end opposite to the cab was flat without windows and the window holes on the outside were covered with grates.
The cars were built lighter than other trains and had a very good suspension, which however led to the car body jumping up and down on uneven track.
As a Swede I have to say your pronunciation isn't that bad actually
The locals literally made up entire urban legends because some subway cars weren’t painted green and were slightly weird inside. Respect to them 👍
The world's narrowest street is in Germany amd that's even what you showed a photo of
thankfully i wasnt born at that time and yes i live in stockholm/sweden still today so its quite fascinating about a old train i never knew about in the first place
As a Swede myself, I never never knew Stockholm had a ghost subway.
it would be funny if a train operator decided to stop the train at the abandoned station and make everyone freak out
the narrowest street is in germany buddy
I find it interesting that these cars have the same type of couplers that were common on New York City Subway cars, although they were also used on some interurban cars in California.
I live in sweden and never heard about the stories but it's fun to hear them know. Anyways all of stockholms trains are ugly in my opinion
0:03 the text is German, so its not in Stockholm? and btw I'm from Stockholm
actually I might be wrong now that I realize. well idk
A very quick search could have told you how these words are pronounced. Minor effort required only 😛
The Neverending Trip on the Silver Arrow + Haunted Shumlinger = DEEP LORE
This is Amazing I like Spooky things
0:40 New York and Chicago EL riders- "First time?" 😂😂
I love your content TOT. I am a American and I like listening to ghost train stories from across the globe. This train I saw in a dream once.
This ghost train call C5
0:07 why don't you mention IKEA 😢
I think there are 3 types of ghosts: memories that aren't contained by a person, dead people who decided they weren't done yet, and artificial ghosts: ghosts created not through death or remembrance, but through stories like these. Sometimes, ghosts are hard to tell apart, and come with different influences on the world.
I see "ghost trains" all the time because the metro trains in near where I'm staying (the SkyTrain in BC, Canada) the trains are fully automated. And when they're not in service and are heading back to the yard, not surprisingly there's no passengers on board. But the automatic voice saying "The next train is not in service, please stand clear from the platform" ruins any superstition.
The narrowest street in the world sign there however states the German city Name of Reutlingen….