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D&SL - Tunnel 31
Description
Tunnel on the original DNW&P/D&SL alignment over Rollins Pass, built in 1903-4. Bypassed by the Moffat Tunnel in 1928 and abandoned in 1935. The tunnel has since collapsed.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Tunnel on Denver & Salt Lake Railway
- Location
- Gilpin County, Colorado
- Status
- Collapsed
- History
- Built 1903, abandoned 1935, collapsed at later date
- Railroads
- - Denver & Salt Lake Railway (D&SL)
- Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railway (DNW&P)
- Design
- Tunnel
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.92229, -105.59738 (decimal degrees)
39°55'20" N, 105°35'51" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 13/448950/4419302 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Nederland
- Inventory number
- BH 65959 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- February 11, 2015: Added by Ian Martin