the haunted train story. plz write a story of min 80 words
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Fanciful legends about ghost trains regularly pop up around subway systems, rail tunnels, and abandoned tracks. But in the case of the Stockholm Metro, the ghost train is real.
The story of Stockholm’s poltergeist locomotive begins in 1965, according to Christoffer Sandahl, the director of Spårvägsmuseet, the Swedish Tramway Museum. That year, Stockholm Metro purchased eight unpainted aluminum train cars to add to its fleet. This bare aluminium train, which could be made more cheaply than the standard green ones already running on the metro, was mainly used as a test to see how it performed, the idea being that such trains could be a cost-effective option for the expanding urban transit system.
The hundreds of trains in the metro system were painted a stock green in the 1960s, so when a silver train showed up on a line, it got people talking. Even before it became a ghost story, the train had earned the nickname Silverpilen (the Silver Arrow) from the locals. According to Sandahl, the train wasn’t very popular among Stockholmers, who took offense at its raw look. But it was not just the shiny silver exterior that set the train apart. The cars were of a slightly different design than the standard Stockholm Metro trains. The doors slid open on the outside of the train, allowing for a slightly expanded interior, and insides were free from the usual ads and decorations. Unlike the generally shining and clean metro trains most commuters were used to, the insides of the silver train were a bit dirtier, bearing the marks of removed graffiti, and generally looking a bit more dystopian. All of this contrast to the regular trains combined with Silverpilen’s unpredictable rarity—at least from the point of view of the commuters—created fertile ground for an urban legend to grow up around it.
The story of Stockholm’s poltergeist locomotive begins in 1965, according to Christoffer Sandahl, the director of Spårvägsmuseet, the Swedish Tramway Museum. That year, Stockholm Metro purchased eight unpainted aluminum train cars to add to its fleet. This bare aluminium train, which could be made more cheaply than the standard green ones already running on the metro, was mainly used as a test to see how it performed, the idea being that such trains could be a cost-effective option for the expanding urban transit system.
The hundreds of trains in the metro system were painted a stock green in the 1960s, so when a silver train showed up on a line, it got people talking. Even before it became a ghost story, the train had earned the nickname Silverpilen (the Silver Arrow) from the locals. According to Sandahl, the train wasn’t very popular among Stockholmers, who took offense at its raw look. But it was not just the shiny silver exterior that set the train apart. The cars were of a slightly different design than the standard Stockholm Metro trains. The doors slid open on the outside of the train, allowing for a slightly expanded interior, and insides were free from the usual ads and decorations. Unlike the generally shining and clean metro trains most commuters were used to, the insides of the silver train were a bit dirtier, bearing the marks of removed graffiti, and generally looking a bit more dystopian. All of this contrast to the regular trains combined with Silverpilen’s unpredictable rarity—at least from the point of view of the commuters—created fertile ground for an urban legend to grow up around it.
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