I used to think the Underground Railroad was literally a railroad, much like an expansive subway system, ferrying people from the South to Ohio and Canada in large trains. I would wonder for hours how they kept the trains so silent that no one would notice them running underneath their houses.
A childhood belief about trains
others believed things like this
- My mom would tell me to stay off the railroad tracks because the trains were silent and super fast.— Roger
- I thought the underground railroad was actually a subway.— Greg
- Until I was in High School, I really thought that the "underground railroad" was under the ground.— S
- I used to think underground trains actually descended into the tunnel, like a rollercoaster.— Natasha
- When trains (subways) go underground, my little sister thought that the lights were shooting stars.— Katie
- I used to believe all of North America was Canada and South America was USA..— Daria