SEARCH FOR LEGENDARY NAZI TRAIN COMES UP EMPTY

Explorers’ great hopes for finding a legendary Nazi “gold train” in Poland appeared dashed Wednesday when, after digging extensively, they admitted they have found “no train, no tunnel” at the site. The local legend says in 1945, the Nazi Germans hid a train laden with gold and valuables in a secret tunnel near the southwestern town of Walbrzych as they were fleeing the advancing Soviet army at the end of the Second World War.

Last week two explorers moved in with heavy equipment and dug deep. But the explorers’ spokesman, Andrzej Gaik, said Wednesday that they found “no train, no tunnel” there and that the machines were covering over the three pits. Gaik said a smaller-scale search will resume in September.