“By the bye,” said I, “there seems to be quite an epidemic railway ghosts, judging from the papers. No wonder, I should think, considering the number of men killed on the railways,” “Yes,” said Hodgson, “I have noticed these railway ghosts. One quite recently was very well authenticated. The story is to the effect that an engine driver was driving his train along a certain railroad. He heard the voice of his father distinctly warning him to stop. He heard the voice so plainly that he felt there must be some danger ahead. He stopped his engine, got out and walked for half a mile, when he came upon a bridge which bad been burned down. But for the warning he would been driven right into the River. The voice of his father saved him and his train. The stoker, who was in the cabin along with the driver, confirms the story as to the driver stopping the engine, declaring that he had heard the voice of his father, and of the finding of the burned bridge.”—W. T. Stead in Borderland.

From— The Dalles times-mountaineer. (The Dalles, Or.), 06 Oct. 1894. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.