Observed arrival · 2026-10-24
Haunted Rails and the Foote Journal
Grayslake resident Dale Hutchins documents an 1884 railroad survey journal and the eerie local history he believes it may point to.
- For
- Readers of local railroad history and archival mysteries
- Worth noticing
- Hutchins says he found the water-damaged journal in a crawlspace during a 1998 renovation and later used a surveying manual to interpret it.
Field notes
Hutchins says he found a water-damaged, cracked-spine journal in a crawlspace during a 1998 renovation, then consulted a surveying manual to parse its bearings, distances, and elevations. The site separates the inquiry into research notes, documents, photographs, chronology, corrections, and open questions. It also gives a specific, safety-qualified observation prompt for the Washington Street NCS platform. The homepage says the current form followed an experience Hutchins dates to Halloween 2006, while acknowledging he cannot prove his interpretation.
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