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CN - Tunnel #1

Pope County, Illinois

Photos 

North Portal

Photo taken by Nathan Morton in Sept. 07

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BH Photo #127437

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Tunnel on CN (formerly IC) Railroad, southeast of Stonefort
Location
Pope County, Illinois
Status
Open to railroad traffic
History
Built 1928
Railroads
- Canadian National Railway (CN)
- Illinois Central Railroad (IC; ICG (1972-1988))
Design
Tunnel
Dimensions
Total length: 800.0 ft.
Also called
IC - Tunnel #1
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.56673, -88.70254   (decimal degrees)
37°34'00" N, 88°42'09" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/349640/4159106 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Stonefort
Inventory number
BH 38057 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Bore Tunnel (291)
Built 1928 (1,184)
Built during 1920s (10,011)
Canadian National Railway (524)
Illinois (4,758)
Illinois Central Railroad (594)
 Open (40,018)
Owned by railroad (12,668)
Pope County, Illinois (27)
Railroad (15,791)
Total length 500-1000 feet (2,892)
Tunnel (1,326)

Update Log 

  • September 12, 2020: New photos from Steve Conro
  • January 3, 2019: New photo from Melissa Brand-Welch
  • November 12, 2008: Updated by Nathan Morton
  • November 11, 2008: Added by Nathan Morton

Sources 

  • Nathan Morton - morton890 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com
  • Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
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Comments 

CN - Tunnel #3
Posted September 1, 2018, by Anonymous

that's tunnel 1 by the timetable

IC Tunnel #3
Posted March 3, 2010, by Calvin Sneed (us43137415 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Nathan, I admire your perserverance.. I've checked the maps, and I'll bet there was absolutely no place to park anywhere near this tunnel.