Hoodoo locomotives and railroad superstitions (D&RG 107)

Greetings all,

I have always been fascinated with superstitions and supernatural folklore, and railroads are full of it. I was recently doing some research on the subject when I found a reference to D&RG 107, a 4-4-0, which was considered a "hoodoo" or cursed locomotive, taking the lives of nine engineers over its 20-month mainline career. The story goes that after a strike in which enginemen demanded that the locomotive be scrapped that it was removed from regular service and used in Burnham for another 17 years before being scrapped in 1898. I searched in the archives of this forum and found a post from 2005 that claimed the number was 14 killed, 13 enginemen and 1 drifter.

First question, is how much of this story could be considered true?
Second question, are there any other stories of such things on the narrow gauge (D&RG or otherwise) that you folks have heard, and not just about hoodoo locomotives but railroad superstition in general? My great-great grandfather carried his service coin, received in 1901 after 20 years of service on the Illinois Central, in his overall pockets for good luck. It's still in the family (I actually have it right now, borrowed from my grandfather for a research project) and is terribly worn from his 25 subsequent years of service on the railroad.