Former Railroad Tunnel

USA / Illinois / Cobden /
 railway, tunnel, abandoned / shut down
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This was the site of one of the 8 railroad tunnels in Illinois. The rail line here was known as the
St. Louis & Cairo, and then the Mobile & Ohio, then the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio, and finally the Illinois Central Gulf. ICG abandoned this line in 1980. The tunnel itself had the top removed over 100 years ago,
a process known as "daylighting". Only 4 of the 8 railroad tunnels in Illinois are still in use.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois_Central_Gulf_Railroad
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Coordinates:   37°30'12"N   89°18'13"W
This article was last modified 16 years ago