There are quite a few things I could say about this picture, but I'll try to keep it short. I did it partly as an exercise, and partly because the subject matter appealed to my imagination. The idea of a spectral train that carries the departed to the afterlife struck me as an interesting concept; one is tempted to draw parallels between the Ghost Train and Charon's ferry across the Styx from Greek mythology. Anyway, I did three versions of this picture, and this is the one I liked best (it didn't quite do justice to the image I had in my head, but then again, do they ever?). I tried to give the whole picture a vaguely otherworldy feel; how well I succeeded, I'll let you judge.