Several weekends ago, I rediscovered the circa 1882 Tunnels No. 1 and No. 2 along the Toledo, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railroad (TC&StL) in southern Ohio.
TheTC&StL was then absorbed by the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad in 1891. Work to concrete line Tunnel No. 2 began in 1916 but it was never finished as flooding destroyed much of the line north of here.
While Tunnel No. 1 is completely flooded, Tunnel No. 2 is in a state of collapse. Through careful wading through 4 feet of water, I was able to climb up the collapsed portion of the tunnel and squeeze through – discovering that the entire tunnel length is traversable!
The tunnel has collapsed, leaving some crawling space between the floor and ceiling to the other end of the tunnel.
Thanks for pictures of something I’ll certainly never see in person. “wading through 4 feet of water” is way beyond my dedication level.