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CSX - Fort Montgomery Tunnel

Orange County, New York

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Fort Montgomery Tunnel

Photo taken by Adam Elmquist

View this photo at panoramio.com

BH Photo #257094

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Description 

Tunnel on the CSX (former NYC/Conrail) River Subdivision, originally the New York, West Shore & Buffalo RR. Passes beneath the Fort Montgomery State Historic Site. Built in 1902 to bypass the original alignment, which lies in a rock cut to the east.

Facts 

Overview
Tunnel on CSX River Subdivision
Location
Fort Montgomery, Orange County, New York
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1902
Railroads
- CSX Railroad (CSX)
- Conrail (CR)
- New York Central Railroad (NYC)
- New York, West Shore & Buffalo Railroad (NYWS&B)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- West Shore Railroad (WSH)
Design
Tunnel
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.32499, -73.98546   (decimal degrees)
41°19'30" N, 73°59'08" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/584904/4575331 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Peekskill
Inventory number
BH 56714 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Bore Tunnel (275)
Built 1902 (454)
Built during 1900s (6,601)
CSX Railroad (1,328)
Conrail (870)
Fort Montgomery, New York (2)
New York (3,565)
New York Central Railroad (448)
 New York, West Shore & Buffalo Railroad (29)
Open (37,856)
Orange County, New York (96)
Owned by railroad (10,759)
Penn Central Railroad (568)
Railroad (14,123)
Tunnel (1,063)
West Shore Railroad (23)

Update Log 

  • December 6, 2014: New photo from Ian Martin
  • November 16, 2014: Photo imported by Dave King
  • July 27, 2014: Updated by Ian Martin: Added details
  • June 22, 2013: Added by Dave King

Sources 

  • Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Ian Martin
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CSX - Fort Montgomery Tunnel
Posted November 7, 2018, by Nick Ariemma (NYCWestShore [at] gmail [dot] com)

Interesting to note that the South Portal is marked 1903, while the North Portal is marked 1902.