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The Quitaque Railway Tunnel or Clarity Tunnel is a 582 feet (177 m) abandoned railway tunnel in Floyd County, Texas about 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Quitaque. Construction started in 1927, and the tunnel and associated railway line were completed and opened for use in 1930.
Old Tunnel State Park is a railroad tunnel of the Fredericksburg and Northern Railway, which ceased operations in 1942. The property came under the care of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, and was officially made a state park in 2012. It is located halfway between Fredericksburg and Comfort on Old San Antonio Road.
Pages in category "Tunnels in Texas" ... Quitaque Railway Tunnel; W. Washburn Tunnel This page was last edited on 24 December 2023, at 09:46 ...
Blount Tunnel, a rail tunnel near Blount Springs. [3] Brocks Gap Tunnel, a 900-foot-long (270 m) CSX rail tunnel in Hoover near Birmingham, under Shades Mountain. [4] Cooks Springs Tunnel, a Norfolk Southern rail tunnel near Cooks Springs, on the main line between Birmingham and Anniston. [5] Coosa Tunnel a rail tunnel on an active Norfolk ...
While building the line, a 920 foot (280m) long tunnel was chosen over switchbacks to accommodate a rapid elevation change and difficult terrain. This increased the cost by $134,000 and required five months of hard labor. [2] The first train rolled down the line and through the new tunnel on August 16, 1913.
The international railway bridge in Eagle Pass, Texas, reopened Saturday after personnel were redirected earlier this week to assist with a surge in migrant crossings at the US-Mexico border.
The Santa Fe Terminal Complex is an 18-acre (73,000 m 2) complex of historic buildings in the Government District of downtown Dallas, Texas ().Constructed in 1924 as the headquarters for the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway and the Southwest's largest merchandising center, three of the original four buildings remain today and have been renovated into various uses.
As the town was located in the Texas Hill Country, it is near one of the few railroad tunnels in the state (the only railroad tunnel in Texas when it was constructed). The tunnel is 962 feet (293 m) long, took six months to dig, and cost $134,000 at the time. [3] The tunnel is now part of Old Tunnel State Park and the home to thousands of bats ...