Nostalgia & History > Feather River Tunnel 12; What happened to it ??

This would have been a short 50 footer that existed at
one time just east of that truss bridge west of Pulga.
It's not there now. - Was it daylighted? Collapsed and
had to be cleared. No one familiar with The Canyon,
former employees . . the guys at Portola, etc. seem to
know. On the return trip of the recent excursion . .
Tunnel 12 was even 'called' by the host . . but no, that
was Tunnel 11 . . because there is no longer a T-12.
Thanks. 'Dogh



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/24/09 12:50 by Yarddogh.

I just received an answer from David Cooley of Sonrisa Publications.
It was daylighted in 1983. - Those of you who don't have any of his
excellent railmaps of western states should check out his website at:
http://www.djcooley.com . They are timetable sized with significant
MPs and landmarks noted along the way. Well worth $16. 'Dogh

It was wooden and was there to carry a spring-fed creek and storm runoff over the tracks. It's one of the ex-WP items that Omaha saw the need to do away with as soon as possible after the merger. There is now a big concrete wall and pipe to catch the water and route it under the tracks. The first time people saw Tunnel 12, they would usually refer to it as a showshed. We called it "the water tunnel".

rh

Another vote in favor, good place for notes and post-its. Not perfect but helps a great deal.
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- Those of you who
> don't have any of his
> excellent railmaps of western states should check
> out his website at:
> http://www.djcooley.com . They are timetable
> sized with significant
> MPs and landmarks noted along the way. Well worth
> $16. 'Dogh