# The Night She Watched the Switch at Shiloh Junction

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Podcast: [Tales from the Cold Room — Fexingo Horror](https://stenobird.com/podcast/tales-from-the-cold-room-fexingo-horror-7913012)
Published: 2026-06-30T16:29:21+00:00
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November 1987. Luna's father worked the graveyard shift at the railroad crossing in Shiloh, a two-stoplight town in central Illinois where the trains never stopped running. After he died, she took his place for one night—just to see what he saw. The crossing guard's shack is a rusted box on concrete blocks, lit by a single bulb that buzzes when the 3:17 freight comes through. That night, a train passed at 3:17. Then another at 3:19. Then one at 3:22, silent except for the hiss of brakes. Luna watched the crossing gates lower for a train that never arrived, and she learned why her father kept a shotgun under the bench. #ShilohJunction #Illinois #RailroadCrossing #GraveyardShift #Train #CrossingGuard #1987 #SmallTown #Father #LunaNarrates #HushedDread #WhatWasOnTheTracks #OpenGate #Shotgun #TheOneThatFliesLow #FexingoHorror #HorrorPodcast #TalesFromTheColdRoom Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo

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