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The Abandoned Hoyt Railroad Tunnel, Lumber City, Pennsylvania

Listed as the Beech Creek Railroad, construction began on the rail line in August 1891 to ensure access to the bituminous coal reserves in Clearfield County, PA. The Hoyt Tunnel is about 500 feet long…[View More]

The Historic Pope Lick Railroad Trestle and The Pope Lick Monster, Fisherville, Kentucky

Built in 1925 by the Southern Railway, the Pope Lick Creek Viaduct is 810 feet long and spans Pope Lick Creek and South Pope Lick Road 90 feet below. This is a beautiful railroad trestle that you need…[View More]

Exploring an Abandoned Railroad Bridge with Rotted Ties, Covington, Indiana

From what I can figure out, the location of this railroad crossing over the Wabash River in Covington, Indiana dates back to 1869. However, the only vestiges of the original crossing is the massive cu…[View More]

The Abandoned Coburn Railroad Tunnel, Coburn, Pennsylvania

The Coburn Tunnel, also known as the Beaver Dam Tunnel, although I don’t know why, was built between 1872 and 1877 by the Lewisburg, Centre and Spruce Creek Railroad. The tunnel is 260 feet long and…[View More]

Abandoned Wills Creek Bridge, Birds Run, Ohio

Built in 1894 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company of Canton, Ohio, the Wills Creek bridge is about 162 feet long and spans Wills Creek just southeast of Birds Run, Ohio. I’m not too sure when the bri…[View More]

Rockwood, Michigan Railroad Bridge

If you’re looking for exciting information and stories about a bridge, you probably want to keep on scrolling because there’s nothing interesting about this bridge. I have no idea when the bridge …[View More]

Blue Island Junction Railroad Bridges, Blue Island, Illinois

On the southside of Chicago is the small city of Blue Island which is home to one of the most photographed railroad sites in the nation…the Blue Island Junction Railroad Bridges. At this locati…[View More]

Railroad Tunnel #22, Eaton, West Virginia

Tunnel 22, built in 1857, also known as Rodemer’s Tunnel is 338 feet long and one of the 3 tunnels that were bypassed in 1963. Since the bypass in 1963, the tunnel has suffered a collapsed wall whi…[View More]

Harrods Old Trace Bridge, Jeffersontown, Kentucky

Back along a hard packed deadend gravel road literally 50 feet from I-265 on the east side of Louisville, Kentucky I found this timber stringer bridge over the Norfolk Southern Railroad. The road, Har…[View More]

Cambridge, Ohio Railroad Tunnel

On the west side of Cambridge, Ohio in the industrial section of town you’ll find the Columbus & Ohio River Railroad Tunnel and a Bridge on the east side of the tunnel spanning Wills Creek. Th…[View More]

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