Article: THERE'S A GHOST RIDING THESE RAILS.(Travel)

Byline: - Eric Noland

When crew members are given a passenger tally for an American Orient Express train trip, they always mentally add one to the list.

It's not a good idea to overlook Isabel. She is referred to as a ``permanent guest'' on the upscale train.

Isabel is a ghost.

According to porter Javier Garza, all manner of strange phenomena have occurred on the Washington Sleeping Car, which he services. The ghost seems to favor compartment I on that car, he said; that is where most of the strange events have happened.

Garza said he was once alone in the compartment, with the door closed, and had just cleaned the three-sided ...

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