【ghost ship】 —

1. the apparition of a ship known to have disappeared years or centuries before:

• The sighting of a 【ghost ship】 is not a good omen, and superstition holds that bad luck will soon follow.

2. an abandoned vessel found floating with no crew:

• What happened on board the 【ghost ship】 Mary Celeste has baffled and tantalized the world for 130 years.

【ghost train】 —

1. (UK) a riding vehicle in an amusement park providing exciting and frightening experiences:

• Grayling calls this “recreational fear”—the sort we experience during a ride on a 【ghost train】 .

2. a paranormal sighting of a phantom train wrecked in an earlier crash:

• Most 【ghost train】 sightings have been recorded in the United States where railway lines were the most extensive.

See also: Dead ship vs Death ship