San Juan Mission in south San Antonio, Texas , courtesy National Park Service.

Near the San Juan mission in San Antonio, TX, in a old Spanish neighborhood where the streets were all named for children, are some railroad tracks that intersect with a portion of the roadway that is surrounded by thick trees and underbrush.You cant see the tracks until your about 12ft away. The story is believed to be at least 20 years old and details of the story change from person to person. Reportedly this is the site of a very fatal accident that involved a school bus full of children being struck by a train, back in the 1930's or 1940's.(Weiser) The urban legend supposedly originates from this story. The tracks are still in use today; therefore people who want to experience this phenomenon have to plan ahead to make sure they don't get struck by the train. In order to get the full experience you must enter the tracks from the same direction the school bus did.Its believed that you have to stop on the tracks themselves,but this isn't true. You actually have to go about 20ft beyond the tracks, this is to accommodate for where the back of the bus would have been located. (Polston) Doing so puts you at the spot where the bus would have actually been. Many people believe the background of the area and the geography of the land and roadway help to add to the excitement of the experience.

Wesiser,Kathy."Texas Legends: Ghost Children upon San Antonio's Railroad Tracks." Legends of America. January 2010. Web. 20 October 2010. <http://www.legendsofamerica.com/tx-ghostlychildren.html>

Polston,Cody; Carter,Bob;"Southwest Ghost Hunters Association: Investigation Report." Southwest Ghost Hunters Association. 2006. Web. 20 October 2010.<http://www.sgha.net/tx/sanantonio/ghost_tracks.html>