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RBMN - Vosburg Tunnel
Facts
- Overview
- Tunnel on Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad
- Location
- Vossburg, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1884
- Builders
- - A.W. Stedman of Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania (Lehigh Valley Engineer)
- Lentz & Co. of Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania (Contractor)
- Railroads
- - Conrail (CR)
- Lehigh Valley Railroad (LV)
- Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad (RBMN)
- Design
- Tunnel
- Dimensions
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Total length: 3,865.0 ft. (0.7 mi.)
- Also called
- LV - Vosburg Tunnel
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.56261, -76.01205 (decimal degrees)
41°33'45" N, 76°00'43" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/415612/4601710 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 83409 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- August 11, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
- May 11, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
- November 8, 2018: Updated by Luke: Added info
- November 8, 2018: Updated by Dana and Kay Klein: Per George Oakley
Sources
- Dana and Kay Klein
- Luke
- Geoff Hubbs
Comments
RBMN - Vosburg Tunnel
Yes that was the old station, but I doubt it's still there.
RBMN - Vosburg Tunnel
Geoff,i noticed a buiding along the railroad tracks in picture #2.Do you know if this building was a railroad station and if it's still there?
RBMN - Vosburg Tunnel
Geoff,i noticed a buiding along the railroad tracks in picture #2.Do you know if this building was a railroad station and if it's still there?
RBMN - Vosburg Tunnel
This is the tunnel I was looking for,luke and Dana and kay.Thanks Luke for finding this tunnel.
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Geoff,i would have to agree about it still being there unless somebody has been there recently and knows if it's there.Looks boarded up to me.