We found this railroad tunnel some time ago and forgot where it was, but on Sunday Jill and I went Geocaching and we found it again and this time we walked through the tunnel and here are our pictures of the Caledonia Railroad Tunnel it was started in 1873 and was finished in 1876.
This is an Aeriel view of the tunnel, can you see it?
It is hard to see the date just above the key stone because some kids paint balled the date, but it reads 1873.
Lighting was not real good and I tried to lighten it up a little but I think I may have made it worse.
You really can see light at the end of the tunnel!
This is Jill coming out the other side of the tunnel, we always wanted to walk through a railroad tunnel and now we did.
the date just above the key stone, just think only 11 years after the end of the civil war and all those men that fought in the war looking for good hard work to do, most of these tunnels and viaducts (the stone work.) was done by Irish immigrants because they where good stone workers. Today you have mine boring equipment that would complete this in only 6 months.
Jill tied me up and placed me on the tracks, but no train came and she let me get up.
Red is not just red....
15 years ago