Horseshoe Curve, Altoona PA - Ghost of Colleen

Long ago when the Horseshoe Curve was being constructed on the Pennsylvania Railway, a young man lost his life in a brawl after a day of working on the railroad.  His fiance, Colleen, a young Irish girl was devastated by his death.

The road tunnel at Horseshoe Curve

It is said that if you approach the tunnel at midnight on the Altoona side, you can see the girl dressed in white waiting for her lover standing in some spruce trees next to the stone wall near the tunnel that passes under Horseshoe Curve.  This tunnel is the feature of another haunting which is featured in this blog site.

Horseshoe Curve Tunnel - Altoona

One of the most renown railroad landmarks in the United States, horseshoe curve, is near Altoona, PA.  The tunnel beyond the museum for that allows cars to pass through the curve is supposedly haunted.  If you go into the tunnel and shut off your engine, its is said that on occasion, you can hear voices and laughing.  My friends and I actually tried this once, but nothing out of the ordinary happened.  Perhaps we were there at the wrong time?

The supposed haunted tunnel at Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania