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RI - Argyle Tunnel
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Description
This was the second of four tunnels along The Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railroad's St. Louis mainline. Located approximately 128 miles west of St. Louis, it is the only of its relatives to feature an unfinished, bare-rock interior beyond its concrete portals. The western half of the bore is curved, obscuring through sight from one end to the other. In 2003, 'tell-tales' still hung near the eastern portal, which once warned trains of the limited hight clearance inside the tunnel.The relief casting above the portal opening reads: "Tunnel No. 2 1903"
Facts
- Overview
- Tunnel on the Rock Island Railroad under a hill and CR 541 between Meta and Koeltztown
- Location
- Osage County, Missouri
- Status
- Railroad line inactive since 1979
- Future prospects
- Ameren had donated the railroad to the State of Missouri for use as a "Rail to Trail" project. Work is currently underway to remove the overgrowth and rails.
- History
- Built 1903
- Railroad
- - Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (RI; CRIP; ROCK)
- Design
- Tunnel
- Dimensions
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Total length: 1,223.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.31380, -92.08081 (decimal degrees)
38°18'50" N, 92°04'51" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/580358/4241032 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Argyle
- Inventory number
- BH 22243 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- April 20, 2016: Updated by Kelly McClanahan: Added category "Rock Island Rail Trail"
- December 17, 2015: Updated by Chris Perry: Tunnel is to be utilized in a "rail trail"
- February 27, 2014: Updated by Luke Harden: Name change
- November 21, 2012: Updated by Brian Parkinson: Description added.
- April 23, 2008: Updated by Max Johnson
- April 4, 2007: Posted photos from Nathan Morton
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