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Lackawanna Cut-Off Rehabilitation (Roseville Tunnel area) - May 1, 2024

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    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 on the inner walls of the tunnel 😛 I rea