2 men claim to have found a train containing long lost Nazi treasures

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It is thought the ghost train could be in one of many railway tunnels built in the area around Walbrzych, near the border with Czech Republic, during World War II and sealed off at the end of the conflict. Authorities are taking the pair's claim so seriously that the leader of the Walbrzych district council has already met with the heads of the local military, police and fire service, as well as the prosecutor's office, to discuss their next steps, said Tokarska.

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The train reputedly went missing in 1945, at the end of World War II, when the Soviet Red Army was closing in on the forces of Nazi Germany. As local lore has it, the train left Wroclaw, then part of Germany and known as Breslau, for Walbrzych, but never reached its destination. Now two people, a German and a Pole, say they have found a 490-foot (150-meter) train they claim contains Nazi treasure that could be worth "well over a million dollars," said Marika Tokarska, an official at the Walbrzych district council. Through a local law firm, they contacted the Walbrzych district council a week ago with news of their find. But they won't reveal the train's location without a guarantee that they will be awarded 10% of the value of the treasure, she told CNN. One of the two has a background in excavation projects and has equipment that can detect objects beneath the surface of the Earth, Tokarska said.

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As a military train, it could contain weapons, possibly including unexploded bombs. And local authorities say it could be carrying early Nazi research into nuclear technology, Tokarska said.

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And if they get the 10% share they have demanded, they stand to profit handsomely. Local media outlets are reporting that the train could hold up to 300 tons of gold, Tokarska said.

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A soldier inspects thousands of gold wedding bands taken from Jews by the Nazis and stashed in the Heilbron Salt Mines May 3, 1945 in Germany. The treasures were uncovered by allied forces after the defeat of Nazi Germany.

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Men from finance corps of the 3rd American Army and a Reichsbank civil servant taking a look at the bags containing French, Norwegian, American, English, Turkish, Spanish and Portuguese currencies in a salt mine near Moeckers on the South-West of Gotha. The Nazis had hidden over 100 tonnes of gold there.

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A U.S. Soldier inspects treasure taken from Jews by the Nazis and stashed in the Heilbron Salt Mines May 3, 1945 in Germany. Treasure hunters claim to have found a train laden with Nazi treasure that disappeared into a mountain tunnel during World War II.

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