I’ve been to the Hoosac a number of times, I’ve heard the stories and refuse to go in there, even being near the portal just never feels right… as tragic as it’s past is, it’s intriguing to say the least, happy to hear about about a New England topic though, we got more than plenty if you’re looking, and good choice on the music by the way, never thought I’d hear shadow temple music from Ocarina of Time in a railroad video
I don't normally get spooked out by Spooopy ghost videos, but this one… This one got me and I had to stop watching. I think it was mostly the unsettling background music, great work as usual. Being in hospital right now probably doesn't help. Turn of the century American stuff is somehow by default spookier than the normal.
"In Native American" that is a borderline racist statement tbh. First Nation culture groups do not all speak the same language. That’s like saying all Europeans spoke a single language
Accident? He chose to not wait and chose to murder them. 7:24 His wife lived until 1977? 8:20 It really took 22 years. A haunted tunnel is still in use?!
the Boston and Maine Railroad went out of business in 1987. the current railroads to use the tunnel is Norfolk Southern and CSX. (coming from someone that lives in the state)
I Have had the dubious privilege of setting myself on FIRE, not ONCE but TWICE in the Hoosac. Later in this story, along with a tale of cannibalism….
I had the opportunity to work in the tunnel for a few months, back in the late 1980s. I was mechanic for a work crew installing supports for a future fiber optic cable system, and the North side of the tunnel was chosen for those support rods. The tunnel itself is a collection of different materials: while much of the original rock is visible, in areas of weakness or loose rock it was originally repaired with brick, and later with corrugated steel sheets. Our chore was to: A) Using a custom-erected scaffold on a flat car, it had generators, lighting, water tanks and pressure washers to ensure the tunnel walls were clean enough to allow engineers to examine the tunnel's structure, and lay out the spots to drill for the rods to be inserted. As you might surmise, this resulted in workers coming out absolutely black with soot, as the tunnel had never been cleaned since it's opening, and the resultant exhaust of steam and diesel engines coated it quite thick in places. B) Again using two flat-car mounted sets of pneumatic drills, along with generators, lighting and air compressors on connected trailers, we drilled horizontally in marked locations. a follow-up crew placed and secured the rods into the walls. All flat cars/mini trains were moved using High-railer trucks..
We entered the tunnel by the Massachusetts side, using the nearby town as our marshaling yard. Once we had clearance to work the track, we boarded High-railer trucks which are equipped with both regular tires and retractable steel rail wheels. The truck tires ran on the rails, they were narrower to allow for the rails being closer together than normal car road width. As part of the walls were lined with the corrugated sheet, I had as my particular chore the task of using a cutting torch to remove areas where indicated by the engineer's markings. My truck was equipped with the torches and any other equipment that would be required for on-site repairs and adjustments.
In the process of this, my slightly tattered coveralls were ignited TWICE by sparks and molten metal. I would notice it after smelling the smoke and feeling my legs getting warmer…the tunnel was QUITE chilly, year 'round, as it was deep underground. Damp as well.
Along the length of the tunnel are 'coffins', shallow cuts to allow anyone in the tunnel to duck into when trains come through. Initially, the tunnel was made wide enough for two trains to go through passing each other, but this was decided to be dangerous, as idiot passengers would stick their heads and arms out the windows of the train and get injured or even killed when two trains passed each other. At the time I worked in the tunnel, it has long been redone with a single track. What the narrator does NOT touch on is the first attempt to use a machine to drill out the tunnel! It was started from the New York side, and only got a few feet when it stalled and got PERMANENTLY stuck. It's still there to this day. Another item of interest is the blind mice. Grain trains to this day go through the tunnel. As some spills out due to leaks, the mice have evolved an ecosystem to take advantage of this. Since hundreds of generations of mice have grown in the tunnel, they have mostly lost use of their eyes due the the rather Stygian darkness…it is indeed quite black in there. The mice occasionally have to resort to cannibalism due to lack of food….
I'd heard the 'old' stories about this tunnel before, but not the more recent ones. Sadly the death toll was only typical of the times and place. No one knows how many Chinese were killed building the Central Pacific simply because no one at the time bothered keeping score – there were 'always plenty more where they came from.' This brings up a point I mentioned in your Kings Cross ghost story – the erratic nature of these occurence. My grandfather was a platelayer on the Trent Valley line between Colwich and Shugborough tunnel, whose approach was often used by people …. shall we say, anxious to see the next world. He, sadly, recovered a number of such tragedies, as well as seeing some of his men run down through momentary carelessness. But – no ghosts. What makes some spots more likely to be haunted than others? After all, similar tragedies, why not similar supernatural results? I don't know.
Incidentally in Colwich churchyard, down by the canal, is an elaborate tomb erected over the grave of a navvie (described on the stone as a 'miner') killed during the tunnel's construction. And, on the opposite side of the churchyard is another stone to a father and son, both platelayers (track walkers, section hands or gandy dancers for US readers) who were killed in seperate accidents on the line locally during the 1850s.. Lest we forget, the old railways were dangerous places – the rules of safety are written in blood.
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The Norfolk and Southern uses it now, and it's pronounced "Shylow".
I’ve been to the Hoosac a number of times, I’ve heard the stories and refuse to go in there, even being near the portal just never feels right… as tragic as it’s past is, it’s intriguing to say the least, happy to hear about about a New England topic though, we got more than plenty if you’re looking, and good choice on the music by the way, never thought I’d hear shadow temple music from Ocarina of Time in a railroad video
What the heck accent was THAT?
Definitely the scariest story so far.
I think I've found a new channel to subscribe to…!
Where is this tunnel located at
Zero evidence for any of these claims.
Sensory deprivation.
Paul Travers? Wasn't he the commander of Zero-X?
I don't normally get spooked out by Spooopy ghost videos, but this one… This one got me and I had to stop watching. I think it was mostly the unsettling background music, great work as usual. Being in hospital right now probably doesn't help. Turn of the century American stuff is somehow by default spookier than the normal.
Great work Mr Thought.
"In Native American" that is a borderline racist statement tbh. First Nation culture groups do not all speak the same language. That’s like saying all Europeans spoke a single language
Jeez, this is in Massachusetts. A Yankee/Hudson valley rural accent might be more appropriate instead of that crazy midsouthern drawl.
The air shaft is a couple of miles into the 5 mile tunnel. Moving air makes noise.
Why did you use a southern accent for people from Massachusetts 😂?
Accident? He chose to not wait and chose to murder them.
7:24 His wife lived until 1977?
8:20 It really took 22 years.
A haunted tunnel is still in use?!
Oh my god
It's kinda funny hearing you attempt a sort of southern accent when reading the letter.
BOCO
Probably shouldn't have watched this right before bed
I went into the tunnel… Partially and it was cold. The water run off on the east end was interesting
the Boston and Maine Railroad went out of business in 1987. the current railroads to use the tunnel is Norfolk Southern and CSX. (coming from someone that lives in the state)
I Have had the dubious privilege of setting myself on FIRE, not ONCE but TWICE in the Hoosac. Later in this story, along with a tale of cannibalism….
I had the opportunity to work in the tunnel for a few months, back in the late 1980s. I was mechanic for a work crew installing supports for a future fiber optic cable system, and the North side of the tunnel was chosen for those support rods.
The tunnel itself is a collection of different materials: while much of the original rock is visible, in areas of weakness or loose rock it was originally repaired with brick, and later with corrugated steel sheets.
Our chore was to:
A) Using a custom-erected scaffold on a flat car, it had generators, lighting, water tanks and pressure washers to ensure the tunnel walls were clean enough to allow engineers to examine the tunnel's structure, and lay out the spots to drill for the rods to be inserted. As you might surmise, this resulted in workers coming out absolutely black with soot, as the tunnel had never been cleaned since it's opening, and the resultant exhaust of steam and diesel engines coated it quite thick in places.
B) Again using two flat-car mounted sets of pneumatic drills, along with generators, lighting and air compressors on connected trailers, we drilled horizontally in marked locations. a follow-up crew placed and secured the rods into the walls.
All flat cars/mini trains were moved using High-railer trucks..
We entered the tunnel by the Massachusetts side, using the nearby town as our marshaling yard. Once we had clearance to work the track, we boarded High-railer trucks which are equipped with both regular tires and retractable steel rail wheels. The truck tires ran on the rails, they were narrower to allow for the rails being closer together than normal car road width.
As part of the walls were lined with the corrugated sheet, I had as my particular chore the task of using a cutting torch to remove areas where indicated by the engineer's markings. My truck was equipped with the torches and any other equipment that would be required for on-site repairs and adjustments.
In the process of this, my slightly tattered coveralls were ignited TWICE by sparks and molten metal. I would notice it after smelling the smoke and feeling my legs getting warmer…the tunnel was QUITE chilly, year 'round, as it was deep underground. Damp as well.
Along the length of the tunnel are 'coffins', shallow cuts to allow anyone in the tunnel to duck into when trains come through. Initially, the tunnel was made wide enough for two trains to go through passing each other, but this was decided to be dangerous, as idiot passengers would stick their heads and arms out the windows of the train and get injured or even killed when two trains passed each other.
At the time I worked in the tunnel, it has long been redone with a single track.
What the narrator does NOT touch on is the first attempt to use a machine to drill out the tunnel! It was started from the New York side, and only got a few feet when it stalled and got PERMANENTLY stuck. It's still there to this day.
Another item of interest is the blind mice.
Grain trains to this day go through the tunnel. As some spills out due to leaks, the mice have evolved an ecosystem to take advantage of this. Since hundreds of generations of mice have grown in the tunnel, they have mostly lost use of their eyes due the the rather Stygian darkness…it is indeed quite black in there.
The mice occasionally have to resort to cannibalism due to lack of food….
Mostly lies
I'd heard the 'old' stories about this tunnel before, but not the more recent ones. Sadly the death toll was only typical of the times and place. No one knows how many Chinese were killed building the Central Pacific simply because no one at the time bothered keeping score – there were 'always plenty more where they came from.' This brings up a point I mentioned in your Kings Cross ghost story – the erratic nature of these occurence. My grandfather was a platelayer on the Trent Valley line between Colwich and Shugborough tunnel, whose approach was often used by people …. shall we say, anxious to see the next world. He, sadly, recovered a number of such tragedies, as well as seeing some of his men run down through momentary carelessness. But – no ghosts. What makes some spots more likely to be haunted than others? After all, similar tragedies, why not similar supernatural results? I don't know.
Incidentally in Colwich churchyard, down by the canal, is an elaborate tomb erected over the grave of a navvie (described on the stone as a 'miner') killed during the tunnel's construction. And, on the opposite side of the churchyard is another stone to a father and son, both platelayers (track walkers, section hands or gandy dancers for US readers) who were killed in seperate accidents on the line locally during the 1850s.. Lest we forget, the old railways were dangerous places – the rules of safety are written in blood.
Yo shoutout to those miners that kept haunting the area till the last one of them was properly buried. Homies stick together in life and death