(
Bridge Hunter)
(Update:
my pictures from a trip report.)
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Bart Hileman posted
southend of tunnel looking northbound |
There are not a lot of tunnels in the Midwest. Of the 665 postings (530 published) that I have written, this is the first time I have needed a label for "tunnel."
Bart's comment:
Early 1990's Tunnel Hill Illinois on the old Big Four / NYC / Conrail / NS line. I knew they were going to be pulling the line up soon so I grabbed my camera and went to get these shots of it's last days.
I learned that it was near the town
Tunnel Hill, IL. But the satellite images had trees, and I had a hard time following what is now the Tunnel Hill State Trail to find it.
So I looked at an old aerial photo and saw the roads went over
the hill the tunnel went through. There is an
access parking lot about a third of a mile north. Since I need the exercise, that location goes on the field-trip list. Below are the rest of the pictures that Bart posted with his per-picture captions.
I also plan to stop in
Vienna, IL, because I think it has the
trail's headquarters. (Update: I did stop there, but it was closed.)
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Looking north out of the tunnel |
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looking south into the tunnel |
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looking northbound |
See the photo at the top of this posting.
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No caption |
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Northend of tunnel looking southbond |
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Dave Cantrell shared a Matthew Lawler post
Big 4/NYC Tunnel at Tunnel Hill, not my photo but is unique.
John Rynd I see what they did. Clever! [I'm sooooo glad that John figured it out. I haven't.] |
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Dave Cantrell shared a Matthew Lawler post [Now I see what they did. The guy spinning the spark generator walked back into the tunnel to get the above spiral effect.] |
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Southernmost Illinois Tourism Bureau posted
A little cold weather never stops serious cyclists! The 47-mile Tunnel Hill State Trail snakes through rolling fields, strip mines, ravines, streams, wooded bluffs, and ghost towns. If that’s not enough to get your legs pedaling…! |
Mark Chambers
posted four photos with the comment: "I went down Bowman Bottoms road from Dutchman Lake so I couldn't exactly drive past Tunnel Hill without stopping now could I ?"
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