Conococheague Mountain Tunnel

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Conococheague Mountain Tunnel
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View inside uncompleted Conococheague Mountain Tunnel
Overview
LocationPerry County, Pennsylvania
Statusnever completed
SystemPath Valley Railroad
Start1894
Endabandoned 1895
Technical
Length2600 feet planned, about 200 feet completed
Track gauge 3 ft (914 mm)

The Conococheague Mountain Tunnel was a proposed railroad tunnel in Perry County, Pennsylvania. It was originally planned as part of the Path Valley Railroad, with the intent to link the Newport and Shermans Valley Railroad with the East Broad Top Railroad and the Tuscarora Valley Railroad further west. Only about 100 feet of either end of the planned 2600 foot tunnel was completed in 1894. [1] The partially completed tunnel exists in Big Spring State Forest Picnic Area [2] and Tuscarora State Forest. The north portal of the tunnel is still visible, but fenced off.

Uncompleted Conococheague Mountain Tunnel Conococheague-Mountain-Tunnel-2018-03-18.jpg
Uncompleted Conococheague Mountain Tunnel

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References

  1. Hilton, George W. (1997) [1990]. American Narrow Gauge Railroads. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN   0-8047-1731-1.
  2. "Big Spring State Park". Archived from the original on June 9, 2011. Retrieved 2009-02-15.

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