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CN - Tunnel #3

Johnson County, Illinois

Photos 

South Portal

Photo taken by Nathan Morton in Sept. 07

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BH Photo #127418

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Tunnel on CN (formerly IC) Railroad, northeast of Grantsburg
Location
Johnson County, Illinois
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1928
Builder
- Morrow Construction Co.
Railroads
- Canadian National Railway (CN)
- Illinois Central Railroad (IC; ICG (1972-1988))
Design
Tunnel
Dimensions
Total length: 2,550.0 ft. (0.5 mi.)
Also called
IC - Tunnel #3
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.42413, -88.71795   (decimal degrees)
37°25'27" N, 88°43'05" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/347990/4143309 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Glendale
Inventory number
BH 38054 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Bore Tunnel (291)
Built 1928 (1,171)
Built during 1920s (9,894)
Canadian National Railway (507)
Illinois (4,637)
Illinois Central Railroad (579)
Johnson County, Illinois (40)
 Morrow Construction Co. (1)
Open (39,831)
Owned by railroad (12,370)
Railroad (15,361)
Total length over 2500 feet (915)
Tunnel (1,297)

Update Log 

  • November 12, 2008: Updated by Nathan Morton: Tunnel is actually located in Johnson County
  • November 11, 2008: Updated by Nathan Morton
  • November 10, 2008: Added by Nathan Morton

Sources 

  • Nathan Morton - morton890 [at] yahoo [dot] com
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CN - Tunnel #1
Posted September 1, 2018, by Anonymous

by the coordinates and picture this is tunnel 3 in the timetable

IC Tunnel #1
Posted May 17, 2010, by Chuck Wuest (chuck_wuest [at] charter [dot] net)

The tunnel was built by Morrow Construction Company.

My father, Peter Henry Wuest, was one of Morrow's employees. Many black-and-white snapshots were taken during construction of the tunnel. The Wuest family holds those snapshots.