One lane tunnel fun!
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One lane tunnel fun!
Last week a fellow S2000 enthusiast and I went to an old one lane train tunnel for some echo chamber fun. We ran through it about 8 times and got some video. Its an iPhone I'm holding in my hand but the sound actually came out ok. Both cars have a Tanabe Touring Medallion. Red one is a 2000 and mine's an 06. Thought I'd share.
That's a pretty long tunnel.
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I just had to look this up! Too far for a day trip for me, though.
-- Chuck
The Dingess Tunnel is a 3,327-foot tunnel in northwestern Mingo County [West Virginia] that was built for the original Twelvepole Creek route of the Norfolk & Western (now Norfolk Southern) Railroad in 1892. That route was the N&W main line between 1892 and 1904, when a new rail line opened on better grades along the Big Sandy River. The Twelvepole Creek route later was abandoned.
The town of Dingess was a busy place while the Twelvepole line was in use, because goods shipped on the N&W were unloaded there and hauled to other towns in the area by wagonloads. In June 1905, two trains collided in the tunnel and three people were killed. When the N&W changed its route, the Dingess Tunnel fell into disuse.
Since 1913, the Dingess Tunnel has been used as a highway tunnel. In 2019 the tunnel underwent a $5.5 million rehabilitation, including adding LED lighting, improved drainage, paving and striping and replacing the steel liner. The tunnel has been the subject of tales about Mingo County’s violent past. Writer Huey Perry described it as a notorious ambush site in his 1972 memoir of the Poverty War, They’ll Cut Off Your Project.
The town of Dingess was a busy place while the Twelvepole line was in use, because goods shipped on the N&W were unloaded there and hauled to other towns in the area by wagonloads. In June 1905, two trains collided in the tunnel and three people were killed. When the N&W changed its route, the Dingess Tunnel fell into disuse.
Since 1913, the Dingess Tunnel has been used as a highway tunnel. In 2019 the tunnel underwent a $5.5 million rehabilitation, including adding LED lighting, improved drainage, paving and striping and replacing the steel liner. The tunnel has been the subject of tales about Mingo County’s violent past. Writer Huey Perry described it as a notorious ambush site in his 1972 memoir of the Poverty War, They’ll Cut Off Your Project.
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Chuck, traffic is to alternate. There are just stop signs at either end. Luckily you can see all the way through. The first time I went through was maybe 2017 before last years renovations. There were no lights except for your headlights and the pavement was rough enough to limit you to about 20 mph.
Now it has fresh pavements and lights so it’s great.
Now it has fresh pavements and lights so it’s great.