Lackawanna Cut-Off Rehab

  ALL ABOARD ! --------------------------------------- Looking west towards the East Portal of the tunnel, with numerous lift trucks present and a now stagnant drainage canal on the left Here we go... First, concrete was sprayed on the interior of the tunnel.  Next, a yellow liner was applied, then short length metal rods were added in specific intervals. Long steel rods running lengthwise were then secured to those short length rods in order to secure the metallic mesh panels in place. Finally, I'm guessing, will be either a layer of sprayed concrete or tile. What a project !!!  Metallic mesh panels attached to the metal rods running lengthwise  Short metal rods protruding from the yellow liner This is the method for securing the yellow lining to the railbed The yellow liner has only been applied up to a little past the halfway point. The metal rods and mesh panels, as you saw, only make it about 50-100 feet into the tunnel --------------------------------...

    ALL ABOARD ! --------------------------------------- Looking west from atop the Roseville Tunnel Atop the west portal of the tunnel, looking towards Johnson Park --------------------------------------- The remainder of the photos are all at railbed level, at the east portal of the tunnel Looking east from just a ways past the east portal --------------------------------------- Note the trail/access road on the right, which today is used to bring construction vehicles to the top of the west portal. Back in the early 1900s during tunnel construction, a double track once existed here and was presumably used to move blasted rock to higher terrain for removal from the area Directly below is a photo from the early 1900s during tunnel construction of nearly the exact same view as I shot above.  It's really neat to be able to compare the views --------------------------------------- A drainage ditch has now been dug Giant banana peels plastered o...