1885 Train Depot Group Tour

1885 Train Depot
Group Investigation

February 22, 2025

Investigate the very haunted 1885 Brooksville Train Depot located at 70 Russell St. Brooksville Florida 34601.

The 1885 Train Depot. Four forward-thinking business leaders in the tiny town of Brooksville were eager to bring the railroad to their area. They formed the Brooksville Railroad Association and The Brooksville Telegraph Company. They paid $20,000 to The Florida Southern Railroad to lay track twelve miles from the mainline at Croom, to Brooksville. Bonds were sold and the Train Depot built in 1885. The building still stands today. W.S. Hancock and Frank Saxon became officers of the telegraph company.

After the Stock Market Crash in 1929, the railroad business plummeted. The spur to Tooke Lake and Centralia was closed, along with many other little used railroads.

Trucks hauled freight and automobiles took the place of passenger train cars. Railroads fought back with piggyback flat cars that hauled the loaded trucks. Railroads offered special excursion train rides. School groups rode the train from Brooksville to Tampa for day long field trips. The railroad offered vacation packages to South Florida to Brooksville travelers. These efforts were not successful and railroad use continued to decline.

By the early 1960s the tracks at the Brooksville depot were gone. The depot was used as an administrative office a few more years before it closed completely. In 1967 the two big railroads, Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard merged and called the new railroad, Seaboard Coast Line. (SCL) In 1980 another merger of several railroads caused the formation of the CSX railroad, the largest railroad system in the United States.

The Hauntings

The Train Depot, now a museum is haunted by three known Spirits. One whom we dubbed "The Whistler" haunts the old cook car and whistles while he works. A lady prostitute once solicited sex to the men exiting the Train. A man who is running from a group of people. Later we found that a few years ago that a man was chased down and killed by a group of men in a nearby park. There may be many other Spirits not yet identified.

The Investigation

Join us to ghost hunt this historic Train Depot. Tickets are very limited so don't delay. The investigation will begin at 10:00 pm and last till 2:00 am. Be a real paranormal investigator! You will be given a history and haunting tour, then send you off on your own to investigate. We are allowing everyone who attends to use our very own professional paranormal investigating equipment. That's right! If you don't have equipment...we got you covered.

Rules

Yeah, yeah...their are a few rules from the Museum Association. Ages 18 and up only. No close up pictures of artifacts is allowed to be taken. No drugs or alcohol! This is a Museum so no touching the artifacts. You may bring your own equipment, but their is to be NO ritual like activities. No Ouija boards. You are allowed to bring drinks and snack but it must remain in your vehicle and not brought into the Depot. Failure to abide by these simple rules will result in immediate dismissal of the property with no refund. Refunds can be issued if requested before the deadline. The deadline to cancel is three weeks prior to event, no refund will be given after the deadline.

Cost and Payment

The cost of a single admission is SOLD OUT. This will get you into the Train Depot. Tickets are very limited, so when they are sold out that's it. Payments are accepted through PayPal and must be paid for in advance. You will receive an email from Paypal showing proof of payment. Tickets are no longer printed. Once we receive your payment we add you to our list. You will have your emailed receipt from Paypal as proof of purchase. Once you make payment to Paypal we will send you an email letting you know we received payment and added you to our list. Any questions email us at brooksvillepit@gmail.com. Refunds can be issued if requested before the deadline. The deadline to cancel is three weeks prior to event, no refund will be given after the deadline.