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NS - Slate Hill Tunnel
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Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in February 2017
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BH Photo #379858
Description
Single track tunnel, near Ironto, VA (source: Trains Magazine, July 2012)
Facts
- Overview
- Tunnel on Railroad
- Location
- Montgomery County, Virginia
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built July 1912
- Railroads
- - Norfolk & Western Railway (NW)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Virginian Railway (VGN)
- Design
- Tunnel
- Dimensions
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Total length: 881.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +37.20313, -80.30180 (decimal degrees)
37°12'11" N, 80°18'06" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/561957/4117635 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Ironto
- Inventory number
- BH 56691 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- February 22, 2017: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
- February 17, 2017: Updated by Royce and Bobette Haley: Added categories "Norfolk Southern Railway", "Norfolk & Western Railway"
- June 21, 2013: Updated by Kelly McClanahan: Corrected spelling
Sources
- Kelly McClanahan
- Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
Nice photos. The only one I got was part of a train coming out of it 20 some odd years ago.