I love a good spooky and maybe strange story.  This one matches my criteria, mainly because there are not many more spooky and creepy places than abandoned rail equipment and empty churches at night, after dark.

A friend sent me this story via Facebook Messenger about FDR’s secret railcar, still abandoned beneath the streets of New York City.

Grand Central’s abandoned Track 61. When President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was in office, he utilized a secret train line that connected Grand Central to the Waldorf-Astoria. The area even has a huge freight elevator that was used to fit his limousine allowing FDR to travel to and from New York City in secrecy during World War II. This was the train he used which still sits on Track 61.

I hope to return to NYC this winter to hear and see my daughter perform with the New York Choral Society on their Christmas Concert.  She’s not a soloist, she just sings in this fantastically talented ensemble.

I’ve two other things I want to see there:  The Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center, and a Christmas window display with Lionel trains running in it.  I’m not sure that last one exists anymore, but the hunt will be fun.

Bill Thomas

Note: You can read more about this by Googling “FDR Railcar Track 61” or clicking on the link. Click play below to view a video.