Nostalgia & History > Hermosa Tunnels

Another photo from a slippery perch, back in the day. About 1962.

Ed

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Love the outside braced CB&Q boxcar. Vintage rolling stock.......

Kent in Carmel Valley

A slippery slope indeed. Very nice, how long are those tunnels?

What a great slice of history pie here! No whipped cream needed... ;^)

Lance

Back during the "come back" of the Centennials in the mid 1980s I was giving Video Rails a cab ride westbound over Sherman Hill. When we approached the tunnels the cameraman wanted to open the nose door so he could get a clear shot going into the tunnels. We said sure and he took up his position. As we rolled through the cut I spotted a couple of railfans up high on the slope near the portal, I couldn't tell if they bothered to take the shot but I could well imagine what they were saying.
JB

The tunnels are about 1/4 miles long. upkpfan