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Rock Island Tunnel No. 1

Osage County, Missouri
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West portal

Photo taken Jan. 2007 by Nathan Morton

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Facts 

Overview
Tunnel on the Rock Island Railroad under Freeburg and US 63
Location
Freeburg, Osage County, Missouri
Status
Railroad line currently inactive
Design
Tunnel
Dimensions
Total length: 700.0 ft.
Also called
Freeburg Tunnel
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.31715, -91.92343   (decimal degrees)
38°19'02" N, 91°55'24" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/594113/4241552 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Freeburg
Inventory number
BH 22241 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1903 (267)
Built during 1900s (4,246)
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (335)
Closed (2,071)
Freeburg, Missouri (1)
Missouri (4,522)
 Osage County, Missouri (14)
Owned by railroad (4,039)
Railroad (4,070)
Total length 500-1000 feet (1,805)
Tunnel (542)

Update Log 

  • July 7, 2012: Updated by Clark Vance: Added city and date
  • April 4, 2007: Posted additional photos from Nathan Morton

Sources 

  • Nathan Morton - morton890 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Gary Dyhouse
  • Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com
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Freeburg Tunnel
Posted August 31, 2012, by Max

Just doing some searches online, I found this image of a Rock Island train coming out the east portal of this tunnel dated 1975.

As it is copyrighted, I can't post it here, but I can copy the link.

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=372817&nseq=9

After looking at the posted bridgehunter photos first, seeing what this washed out, overgrown and rusty line looks like today, and then lookin at a fully operational, polished rail line with loaded train on it back in the day from the same angle really puts in perspective what 32 years of neglect can do.

Freeburg Tunnel
Posted April 10, 2009, by david yates (david_y [at] bellsouth [dot] net)

The current state of the tunnel this spring.

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Freeburg Tunnel
Posted March 18, 2007, by Kelly McClanahan (KMCCLA [at] aol [dot] com)

This is Tunnel 1 (of 4) on the old CRI&P line.