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The railroad overpass on Route 50 just 2.5 miles east of Dundee, Michigan is the Canadian National Flat Rock Subdivision, formerly the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad. It was constructed in 192…[View More]

Cottage Hill B&S Railroad Tunnel, Dubois, Pennsylvania

Built in 1903 the Cottage Hill Tunnel, also known as the Highland Street Tunnel in Dubois, Pennsylvania is one of 3 tunnels constructed by the Buffalo & Susquehanna Railroad also known as the B &a…[View More]

Hole In The Rock Wagon Tunnel, Hubbard Springs, Virginia

The spine of Cumberland Mountain at the saddle between Trading Creek and Martin’s Fork is a narrow rock wall. Traditionally, in the beginning, settlers from Kentucky would bring their merchandis…[View More]

Abandoned Tunnel Buried Under I 75, St. Bernard, Ohio, Built in 1913

First off I would like to thank Kay Heller Phillips with the St. Bernard-Ludlow Grove Historical Society. Without her help and research, this video never would have happened. There’s a piece of hist…[View More]

Cumberland Gap Railroad Tunnel, Gibson Station, Virginia

So in 1886 a group of Tennessee investors organized the Powell’s Valley Railway with their sites set to build a rail line from Knoxville. Tennessee going North to Cumberland Gap. That same year the …[View More]

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 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]

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]

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]

The Collapsed Railroad Tunnel # 21, Eaton, West Virginia

In the mid 1850s the Northwestern Virginia Railroad built a 103 mile long rail line from Grafton, West Virginia to the Ohio River in Parkersburg, West Virginia. When the line was completed in May of 1…[View More]

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