This gallery features present day photos of more than 60 abandoned railroad tunnels, including WB&H Penobscot Mountain Tunnel (Pennsylvania), Crozet Tunnel (Virginia), Greenwood Tunnel (Virginia), EBT Wrays Hill Tunnel (Pennsylvania), EBT Sideling Hill Tunnel (Pennsylvania), Sand Patch Tunnel (Pennsylvania), Conococheague Mountain Tunnel (Pennsylvania), Lofty Tunnel (Pennsylvania), Pennsylvania Coal Company Gravity Railroad Tunnel (Pennsylvania), Buck Mountain Coal Company Gravity Railroad Tunnel (Pennsylvania), Turn Hole Tunnel (Pennsylvania), Point Rock Tunnel (Pennsylvania), High View Tunnel (New York), Fallsburg Tunnel (New York), Northfield Tunnel (New York), Cazenovia Tunnel (New York), New Hamburg Tunnel (New York), Shepaug Tunnel (Connecticut), Clinton Tunnel (Massachusetts), Phipps Tunnel (Massachusetts), Oxford Tunnel (New Jersey), Manunka Chunk Tunnel (New Jersey), Nehalem Divide Tunnel (Oregon), Haskell Pass Tunnel (Montana), Royersville Tunnel (Ohio), Campbells Tunnel (Ohio), Moonville Tunnel (Ohio), King's Tunnel #4 (Ohio), Colorado Midland Tunnels (16 in Colorado), Rollins Pass Tunnels (2 in Colorado), Alpine Tunnel (Colorado), Howard Tunnel (Pennsylvania), Atlantic Avenue Tunnel (New York), Ocean Shore Railroad Creek Tunnels (4 in California), and B&O Parkersburg Branch Tunnels (13 in West Virginia).
Wilkes-Barre & Hazleton Railway
Penobscot Mountain Tunnel (1903-1933)
Nuangola, Pennsylvania
A present day view inside Penobscot Mountain Tunnel (a.k.a. Nuangola Tunnel), a 2684 foot tunnel built by the Wilkes-Barre & Hazleton Railway in 1903. The WB&H provided a fast and direct (45-minute, 30-mile) alternative to the Lehigh Valley Railroad and Pennsylvania Railroad between the coal town of Hazleton and county seat of Wilkes-Barre. It was the first railroad to use a guarded third rail to supply electric power, now commonplace for safety and protection from snow/ice.
The tunnel is unlined and has suffered numerous cave-ins since abandonment nearly 80 years ago. The north portal was filled in the late 1950s during the construction of Interstate 81 directly above the portal. A pipe through the fill fails to fully drain the significant volume of water that pours from the tunnel ceiling and walls. The south portal remains open. Track and structures were removed within a few years of abandonment.
Note: This text and accompanying photos are the copyright of Christopher Muller and may not be reproduced in whole or in part on any website, message board, or other medium.
Penobscot Mountain Tunnel (1903-1933)
Nuangola, Pennsylvania
A present day view inside Penobscot Mountain Tunnel (a.k.a. Nuangola Tunnel), a 2684 foot tunnel built by the Wilkes-Barre & Hazleton Railway in 1903. The WB&H provided a fast and direct (45-minute, 30-mile) alternative to the Lehigh Valley Railroad and Pennsylvania Railroad between the coal town of Hazleton and county seat of Wilkes-Barre. It was the first railroad to use a guarded third rail to supply electric power, now commonplace for safety and protection from snow/ice.
The tunnel is unlined and has suffered numerous cave-ins since abandonment nearly 80 years ago. The north portal was filled in the late 1950s during the construction of Interstate 81 directly above the portal. A pipe through the fill fails to fully drain the significant volume of water that pours from the tunnel ceiling and walls. The south portal remains open. Track and structures were removed within a few years of abandonment.
Note: This text and accompanying photos are the copyright of Christopher Muller and may not be reproduced in whole or in part on any website, message board, or other medium.
Wilkes-Barre & Hazleton Railway
Penobscot Mountain Tunnel (1903-1933)
Nuangola, Pennsylvania
A present day view inside Penobscot Mountain Tunnel (a.k.a. Nuangola Tunnel), a 2684 foot tunnel built by the Wilkes-Barre & Hazleton Railway in 1903. The WB&H provided a fast and direct (45-minute, 30-mile) alternative to the Lehigh Valley Railroad and Pennsylvania Railroad between the coal town of Hazleton and county seat of Wilkes-Barre. It was the first railroad to use a guarded third rail to supply electric power, now commonplace for safety and protection from snow/ice.
The tunnel is unlined and has suffered numerous cave-ins since abandonment nearly 80 years ago. The north portal was filled in the late 1950s during the construction of Interstate 81 directly above the portal. A pipe through the fill fails to fully drain the significant volume of water that pours from the tunnel ceiling and walls. The south portal remains open. Track and structures were removed within a few years of abandonment.
Note: This text and accompanying photos are the copyright of Christopher Muller and may not be reproduced in whole or in part on any website, message board, or other medium.
Penobscot Mountain Tunnel (1903-1933)
Nuangola, Pennsylvania
A present day view inside Penobscot Mountain Tunnel (a.k.a. Nuangola Tunnel), a 2684 foot tunnel built by the Wilkes-Barre & Hazleton Railway in 1903. The WB&H provided a fast and direct (45-minute, 30-mile) alternative to the Lehigh Valley Railroad and Pennsylvania Railroad between the coal town of Hazleton and county seat of Wilkes-Barre. It was the first railroad to use a guarded third rail to supply electric power, now commonplace for safety and protection from snow/ice.
The tunnel is unlined and has suffered numerous cave-ins since abandonment nearly 80 years ago. The north portal was filled in the late 1950s during the construction of Interstate 81 directly above the portal. A pipe through the fill fails to fully drain the significant volume of water that pours from the tunnel ceiling and walls. The south portal remains open. Track and structures were removed within a few years of abandonment.
Note: This text and accompanying photos are the copyright of Christopher Muller and may not be reproduced in whole or in part on any website, message board, or other medium.
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