Supposed ghost train in NC:
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article234487957.html
Supposed ghostly lights on train tracks in TN (lots of people have seen it, including a very trustworthy person I know very well who does not believe in ghosts — some say it’s swamp gas):
https://www.wkrn.com/special-reports/haunted-tennessee/mysterious-light-haunts-chapel-hill-railroad/
In both cases, looky-loos have been killed by real trains.
Most famous of all ghost train stories is the one of Lincoln’s funeral ghost train.
I always wonder about that. Is it true? Did people really see it?
https://theghoststory.com/ghosts/abraham-lincolns-ghost-train/1104