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The tunnel was used by the Virginia Central Railroad from its opening to 1858, when the line was reorganized as the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad (renamed Chesapeake and Ohio Railway in 1878). The Chesapeake and Ohio routed trains through the tunnel until it was abandoned and replaced by a new tunnel in 1944.
The following spring, the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC), which regulated the state's railroads, ordered the western end of the tunnel sealed for safety reasons. [10] Left inside was the work train, complete with a 4-4-0 steam locomotive [14] (C&O switch engine no. 231) and ten flat cars. [15] The east entrance to the tunnel in 2010.
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Steam operations on the VBR ended on August 1, 1963, with ex-U.S. Army 0-6-0 #9 being the honor of pulling the last steam powered freight train. [3] The line was abandoned in 1981. In the early 21st century, part of the roadbed was being developed as a rails-to-trails project, the Blue Ridge Railway Trail.
The Greenwood Tunnel is a historic railroad tunnel constructed in 1853 by Claudius Crozet during the construction of the Blue Ridge Railroad.The tunnel was the easternmost tunnel in a series of four tunnels that were essential for crossing the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia.
Oxford Tunnel, Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (abandoned), Oxford; Roseville Tunnel, 1,024 feet (312 m), Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, near Andover on the Lackawanna Cut-off (abandoned but slated for restored service) Route 18 Tunnel (southbound only) in New Brunswick
The railroad was formed in 1883 through a consolidation of the Junction and Breakwater Railroad, the Breakwater and Frankford Railroad and the Worcester Railroad.. The Junction and Breakwater Railroad (J&B) was a 38 mile long railroad, built between 1858 and 1878 that ran between Harrington, Delaware and Lewes with a spur to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.