Flinderation Tunnel

West Virginia · USA · Haunted site

Men were working in the tunnel and did not know a train was coming, or how fast. One of them could not reach a cubby hole in time.

Flinderation Tunnel near Salem, West Virginia was the site of a derailment.

Men were working on the line inside the tunnel and did not realise a train was coming, or how fast it was travelling.

Railway tunnels of this period had refuges cut into the walls at intervals, small alcoves a man could press himself into while a train went past. There was no other way out.

One of the men did not reach one in time. The train struck him, and that is what derailed it.

That detail, the derailment caused by the man rather than the other way round, is what has kept this story in circulation for a century, and it is the sort of thing that would have been in every newspaper in the state.

The tunnel is now part of a rail trail and can be walked through. It is long, wet and completely dark in the middle.

FAQ

Hvor ligger Flinderation Tunnel?

Flinderation Tunnel ligger i West Virginia, USA.