SOLVED. Mystery. Train disappears full of passengers while travelling through a tunnel. Story set years after the disappearance. Male main character. [s]

[Victoria]

Hello,
I'm searching for a book I read about 5 years ago. I read it on a kindle I was given by a family member, it was preloaded by them so unfortunately searching my kindle account content doesn't help and I'm not in contact with that person anymore. I don't remember the year it was published, but i don't believe it was a recent release at the time.

All I remember is that it was a mystery book with a male main character, who starts investigating a missing train case that's been unsolved for many years. A female character helps him, a local journalist maybe, I think they ended up dating.
The train went into a tunnel and never came out. I'm pretty sure someone was trying to to stop him searching for it. I recall a scene where his car was sabotaged, I think.

(view spoiler)[he ended up finding the train in a hidden side tunnel, with all the passengers remains. I believe they were just skeletons by this point. The train was diverted, into the side tunnel which was then sealed up behind it (hide spoiler)]

[Kris]

Victoria, what is the story's time period (now and when the train disappeared) and location - country, region, near a well-known city, etc.? Where was the train travelling from/to?

Can you tell us more about the main character - his job, his boss, special skills, interests, personality, rich/poor, etc.?

[Sandra]

I don't know what it is, but it sounds fascinating.

[Pamela]

A longshot, but part of this sounds a little like Bryant and May Off the Rails, by Christopher Fowler Off the Rails

[David]

This sounds like the short story by Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Story of the Lost Special"

It involves a 'lost train", takes place long after the disappearance, it is told from the point of view of the main protagonist. What it does not have is a female journalist where they start to date. Perhaps you are transposing two stories, or perhaps this just isn't the book you are looking for. Hope this helps.

[Kris]

Here's the Wikipedia summary (with spoilers) of Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Story of the Lost Special" - David's suggestion:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sto...

[Bargle]

I've now read "The Story of the Lost Special" and it doesn't match the OP's description.

[Tim]

That is one of the plot threads in Night Probe, by Clive Cussler.

[El]

Night Probe! for Tim's suggestion

[Bargle]

I just skimmed through Night Probe!. There's enough similarities that I think it may be the right book, but the OP will need to confirm it, of course.

Note to self: correct answer, but not my suggestion.

[Victoria]

Yes, it was Night Probe! I just read a plot summary and yes its defiantly the right one.
Thanks everyone who helped me find this book. It had been many years since i read it when i posted, so details were naturally very fuzzy.

[Kris]

Great! Glad you found your book, Victoria. Thanks for the update.