North Bend Rail Trail, Cairo
The haunted section of the North Bend Rail Trail near Cairo, WV, is the Silver Run Tunnel, where a spectral woman in a white dress is said to appear, possibly haunting the area after dying tragically. The ghost is often described as appearing on the tracks or riding the front of trains, waving to onlookers. Legends tell of a woman in a white dress who haunts the tunnel and the surrounding tracks. The story goes that a woman was abandoned by her lover at the altar, later died tragically, possibly by being hit by a train, or by suicide. Train engineers have reported seeing her on the tracks and later on the cowcatcher of their trains, sometimes accompanied by a large group of people who had followed the train, seeing the ghost waving from the front.