Doing a little tunneling

BNSF FAN Dec 4, 2024

  1. r_i_straw

    r_i_straw Mostly N Scale Staff Member

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    A bunch of ice had accumulated inside the tunnel at Tennessee Pass.
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  2. r_i_straw

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    However the MOW crew would be able to take photos wherever they wanted. They have a tradition of staging little plastic figurines on random rocks along the right-of-way, changing them up periodically. You never know when something will show up so it is hard to get a photo of them. My brother did get a shot of Micky Mouse being chased by a rattle snake on the way down because he remembered where its was from the trip up.
     
  3. HemiAdda2d

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    It looked a little different in July 2021...
    West portal Tennessee Pass.
    As to the swing, I've got nothing...

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  4. Hardcoaler

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    Was the structure at the top of the door one of those garage doors for ventilation?
     
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  5. Hardcoaler

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    March 1990 at Nemo TN, MP 246 on the Rathole.

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  6. Hardcoaler

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    By September 1997, an idiot with a can of paint had arrived to deface the location. :mad: The 4008 is a B23-7.

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  7. BNSF FAN

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    Former W&A tunnel at Tunnel Hill GA
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  8. kevsmith

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    Furness Abbey tunnel. Situated near the historic ruins of the Abbey is a nasty little one. At the West end there is a foot crossin,g yards away from the portal, It is on a steep grade and a tight curve

    I'm actually stood on the crossing to take this photo

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    Trains coming from the east are on you before you know it

    195 104 ' Deva Vitrix' exits on a Lancaster to Barrow in Furness local

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    The Eastern portal this morning. This patch hasn't seen much sun and as a result the frost and ice was untouched

    68 009 and 68 005 on the ,Saturday only, Sellafield to Crewe Coal sidings pathed through Barrow

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    It's not unusual for them to have the sanding gear on full in conditions like this

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  9. Mike VE2TRV

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    I like that stonework on the portal! :)
     
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  10. HemiAdda2d

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    Hardcoaler, the tunnel once had a door, which kept snow out in winter. It would automatically open before a train approached. I don't have data on the last time the curtain operated, but I know a guy...
     
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    East entrance of Mullan Pass tunnel

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    Charlie Russell Chew-Choo, Montana Dinner Train - Lewistown, MT | Central Montana

    The Charlie Russell Chew Choo is a 3-hour scenic and narrated train ride. Travel over three tall train trestles and through a half-mile tunnel. Enjoy central Montana's wide open spaces and vibrant colors. Wildlife is abundant and close at hand.

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    A pair of Milwaukee Road "Little Joes" and a quartet of EMDs lead westbound freight #263 out of the tunnel on Pipestone Pass on May 13, 1974.

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    Westbound MRL train with BNSF power exits Bozeman Pass tunnel on June 20, 2015 and passes the old bore that was bypassed in 1945.

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    CMR (Central Montana Railway) #1814 EMD GP9 at Hoosac, Montana

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  16. HemiAdda2d

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    Former NP tunnel on MRL, between Ravenna and Nimrod, MT. The parallel MILW tunnel can just be spied at left.

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  17. ddechamp71

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    Really gives the feeling that close to 30 years after its shutdown, this line could again host trains at any time..

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  18. r_i_straw

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    No swing in this portal. February 16, 2013.
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  19. r_i_straw

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    Tennessee Valley RR outside Chattanooga.
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