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Woman injured in ‘ghost-hunting’ search at Buffalo station

Woman injured in ‘ghost-hunting’ search at Buffalo station

By David Lassen | August 2, 2021

Fall leads to multiple injuries at 1929 Art Deco landmark

azzy and immense, New York Central’s Buffalo station opened in June 1929. Its site 2 miles from downtown was chosen for operational convenience, not ease of passenger access. Pennsy and TH&B also used it, but Buffalo’s other roads called elsewhere. Amtrak quit the place in 1979; the terminal’s size and location have hampered preservationists’ dogged efforts to reuse it. A portion of a 1929 Walter L. Greene painting shows J-1 Hudson 5200 at the new terminal. NYC
Buffalo Central Terminal, as shown in a detail of a 1929 painting by Walter L. Greene (New York Central)

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Ghost hunting can apparently be a dangerous activity.

The Buffalo News reports a 35-year-old Kenmore, N.Y., woman was injured Saturday night during a ghost-hunting expedition at Buffalo’s landmark Central Terminal railroad station. The woman fell 15 to 20 feet through a substation roof near the back of the station property while exploring the facility without permission.

Police received a call about the accident about 10:30 p.m., and the woman was transported by ambulance to a hospital for treatment of multiple injuries. A male companin was uninjured. Police said no charges have been filed.

The station, built in 1929 but last used for trains in 1979, has gained a reputation for among ghost hunters — once being the site of a 6-hour live broadcast by the Ghost Hunters TV series. A nonprofit group which maintains the building and hosts events there has has also held ghost tours.

 

 

 

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