After lots of hours searching, looking through the vast wilderness I can honestly say that I still haven't found it. I'm sitting here wondering, is it hiding in plain sight? Could it be in Hemi's or Darren's "backyard"? Was LADiver throwing out a GOOD clue by telling us to look in Coquihalla Canyon area in BC? Or was he just trying to thwart our advances so he could find it himself?? I'm not quite sure yet what the answers will be to my many questions, but rest assured, one of these days I will find out.:thinking:
Got it! 39°15'18.38"N 106°29'27.53"W Hagerman Tunnel, CO on the Colorado Midland RR:tb-biggrin::tb-biggrin:
Damn....I mean darn it Good job!!! I wasn't even close to there. I don't think I honestly would've found it at all.
I knew it was old Narrow Gauge OOps! Standard Gauge.....and Colorado is criss crossed with it! Trick was finding the right one!
Narrow gauge???? How did you know that? Oh wait, the clue was "way to NARROW it down" geez......I didn't even pick up on that but I still wouldn't have known that CO is full of them
Congrats! Colorado Midland was a SG line; from Colorado Springs to Glenwood Springs. One of the clues might have been that this tunnel was bypassed by a lower in elevation and much longer tunnel, (~9,000 feet) the Busk-Ivanhoe Tunnel. Welcome to 11,528 feet! The only place winter was harder on a railroad was the imfamous Hill Line--DNW&P's Rollins Pass.
Here's both tunnels.... What a place to railfan--too bad it disappeared 90 years ago... 4% in both directions....
WINNER!!!!!!! Congratulations! Scott Stutzman Hagerman Tunnel West Portal / Near Leadville, CO Location submitted by HemiAdda2d
