Interesting folklore

denverslim · Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 7:23 pm Post subject: Interesting folklore

Hudson folklore. Interesting, if maybe not all true...slim
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51hornet · Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 12:34 am Post subject: Re: Interesting folklore

Be nice if it was true but never heard this story myself. I am sure Hudson would have gone looking for the lost car as they would be liable for the cars until delivered. They would have kicked up stink with railroad and cars would have been found.

denverslim · Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 5:24 am Post subject: Re: Interesting folklore

I donno. Just because they want to find something don't mean that they can. The railroad is totally capable of losing just about anything.
I build bridges usually for the highway dept, but sometimes for the railroad. The last bridge we built the RR was to provide the girders for the bridge. We had all of the foundation built was ready to set the girders and complete the bridge, but the RR couldn't find the car that they were sent in. They re-cast the girders and sent the new ones out like six weeks later.
The local railroad rep that I was working with said that stuff happens all the time.
I don't think I believe the story either, but maybe I'll take a little drive along the rr tracks...slim

51hornet · Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 10:56 am Post subject: Re: Interesting folklore

I for one hope they are still out there and on lonely summer nights when the wind is just right you could swear you heard the sound of 6 car horns sounding in the middle of the night. And those who have seen the headlights on a lonely stretch of road. Those ghostly Hudsons that can never rest until they find their owners. **Shiver**