Rusty's Ghost Engine

    The Ghost Engine   The Ghost Engine was a narrow gauge engine who supposedly worked on the Skarloey Railway. According to Rusty, he was returning home one misty full moon when he lost control and fell into a ravine. No one has ever found him, but workmen claim to have seen his ghost trying to cross the ravine, only to disappear half way.
 * Builder: Fletcher, Jennings and Co.
 * Configuration: 0-4-2

Rusty told Duncan his story after he teased Peter Sam for allowing his trucks to derail in the ravine. Duncan disbelieved the story, but the next day Duncan's crew arranged things so that Duncan believed the engine was trying to cross the bridge at the same time as him, and quickly ran back.

In the magazine story, Creepy Cutting!, "The Ghost Engine", presumably the same one, was mentioned by Skarloey who suspected that he was haunting Echo Pass.

Television series

 * Season 5 - Duncan Gets Spooked

Magazine stories

 * 2000 - Creepy Cutting! (mentioned)

Basis
The Ghost Engine is based on the Talyllyn Railway's Talyllyn.

Trivia

 * The ghost engine uses Skarloey's model and Percy's whistle sound. According to an online magazine, the model used was a specially modified model that could only travel a certain distance before a motor swung it off of the bridge.