#19: (Archived Bridge Hunter; Satellite)
#20: (Archived Bridge Hunter; Satellite) daylighted
This B&O route is now the North Bend Rail Trail.
#18 Tunnel
This must have been a short tunnel because the topo map doesn't show it, Bridge Hunter has the wrong location, and I could not find a cut (daylighted tunnel) on the satellite map between Tunnel #19 and Tunnel #17.
#19 Tunnel
Mike Tewkesbury posted two photos with the comment:
The Silver Run Tunnel (#19), west of Cairo WV, built 1853-55 for the B&O Railroad. For many years crews and operators alike reported seeing the specter of a dark haired woman wearing a white dress roaming along the railroad tracks at Silver Run. Legend has it that she frequented the right of way on the blackest of nights searching for her lost lover from long ago. In its day, there was no location as remote as the outpost of Silver Run. It was said that the operators, who manned the station during the dead of night, felt as though they were the last people on earth.Now part of the North Bend Rail Trail
[This was posted on Halloween, Oct 31, 2025.]
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Because of the severity of the error in the topo map below, it is nice to have this confirmation of the tunnel number.
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| Greg Snprone, Oct 2024 |
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| Tom Neville, Jul 2025 |
This lighting clearly shows the brick lining.
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| Sara R, May 2023 |
#20 Tunnel
One side of the cut is still bare so this daylighted tunnel was easy to spot.
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And this corresponds with the tunnel marked on the left side of this map excerpt. The route around Silver Run Station is wrong, and thus Tunnel #19 is not shown. The tunnel on the right hand of the excerpt in Tunnel #17. I included it to show that there is no Tunnel 18 marked between #17 and #19.
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