Silver Ghost

[Verse 1] On a cold and rainy night I was sittin’ in the light Of my switchman shack of mine post on the mountain The storm was pretty bad and the telephone was dead But it was just eleven hours till the dawn Then much to my surprise the telegraph jumped in the light As I read the code I thought could this be true A train was on its way headed up the mountain grade But she didn’t have no engineer or crew [Verse 2] At the other switch they tried to put her on the mountain side But she kept on coming up the mountain grade But I quickly dowse the light to try to see into the night Maybe I could spot her headlight in the rain She was poundin’ down below I could hear her whistle blow And I thought Lord that’s a high and mournful sound Then the telegraph again there’s a cave in at the mine And a hundred men are burried neath the ground [Verse 3] Lord she’s coming now I see her round the bend and straight at me And her boiler is glowin’ red as coal in hell The headlinght switchin’ wide searchin’ all the mountain side But the only sound she’s making it’s a wail Then I recognized the train by the number and the name It’s the Miners Silver Ghost Old 41         Then she vanished up the track by the lonely switchman shack Like a mother who was looking for her son [Verse 4] Now I heard the story how an engine went to glory Over fifty years ago on the same line     It was steaming for the cave in there were men that needed saving But it missed the curve and trestle near the mine. And every now and then you’ll hear a whistle on the wind If a mountain slides and many men are lost It’s a high and lonely wail and searching up and down the mountain It’s the train they call the Miners Silver Ghost The train they call the Miners Silver Ghost The train they call the Miners Silver Ghost