The number stone on the north portal of Tunnel 20.
Photo taken by Alex Wood in November 2012
BH Photo #243887
It's the "Cincinnati, New Orleans, Texas and Pacific", not "New Orleans, Texas and Pacific"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati,_New_Orleans_and_Te...
Operator before the Norfolk Southern merger in 1982 was the Southern Railway.
There seems to be a bit of confusion about this line, it's builder and ownership.
Cincinnati Southern, owned by the city of Cincinnati built the road. It was operated by the New Orleans, Texas and Pacific, sometimes refereed to as the NOTPR but in standard railroad designation shortened to NTPR.
New Orleans, Texas and Pacific ceased operating the road but still holds the lease for the Cincinnati Southern and has for about a century sub-leased the line to Norfolk & Western and it's successor Norfolk Southern. As I understand it the present day New Orleans, Texas and Pacific is nothing but the administrator of the lease for Cincinnati Southern.
To simplify, Cincinnati Southern was built by Cincinnati and leased to New Orleans, Texas and Pacific who now sub-lease it to Norfolk Southern.
So my family owns the land where the tunnel is on now. It is cool to find out more about the tunnel that is here but hopefully we don't find anyone trespassing now
Yep, I think that we have a misprint...
..........That's only .1612 Smoot........
This tunnel is listed as 0.9 feet long, which seems short.
Yep, 'post in haste..'
Point is that the line was built by Cincinnati as the Cincinnati Southern who are still the owners. I was surprised that CNTP still existed but it does as the entity which handles the lease with, first Southern and presently Norfolk Southern.