Leadville, Co. Abandonded train tunnell Tennesse pass
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Leadville, Co. Abandonded train tunnell Tennesse pass
Found Railroad tunnel not being used anymore. It had overhead doors on the entrances. North of Leadville Colorado at the Tennesse pass on the continental devide.
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Re: Leadville, Co. Abandonded train tunnell Tennesse pass
That's a neat find , do you know why they have the overhead doors on the entrances? I've seen a few train tunnels before and never seen one with that feature.
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RE: Leadville, Co. Abandonded train tunnell Tennesse pass
This is one of like 15 major railroad tunnels in the immediate area. There is a lot of stuff between Leadville and Minturn. There is also a old abandond military post (not much there any more but the foundations) 3 abandoned towns and more abandoned mines than you can shake a stick at.
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An idea of the use of the overhead doors?
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I'm going to hazard a guess and say "snow." I can't imagine anything else they could be for.
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Maybe to allow Trains to "hide" in the tunnel protected from a snowstorm?
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To keep snow from blowing in. Less track to clear.
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Oh . More mundane , but also makes more sense . STUPID SUBIE ! STUPID SUBIE !
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Re: Leadville, Co. Abandonded train tunnell Tennesse pass
Yea, I'd say snow too, or maybe to keep animals out. Would be a bloody mess to hit a deer or bear in there.
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how about just simple protection from the elements somw rain winter or to hide milatart equipment missles tanks big guns????
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Good call! I bet in a good blizzard might get a nice bunch of elk holing up in there.CasperMilkToast wrote:Yea, I'd say snow too, or maybe to keep animals out. Would be a bloody mess to hit a deer or bear in there.
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Re: Leadville, Co. Abandonded train tunnell Tennesse pass
Maybe to let trains hide from people looking at train tunnels, then the engineer could jump out and scare people because I bet driving a train gets boring after a few years.OC_Subiewrench wrote:Maybe to allow Trains to "hide" in the tunnel protected from a snowstorm?
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RE: Leadville, Co. Abandonded train tunnell Tennesse pass
The door is for snow. The wind houls through there and the snow drifts up inside the tunnel. I thought they still use the tracks occasionaly for the Climax mine. I know they still have a big rotary plow and wedge up there for clearing the tracks. Trains hit wildlife all the time in tunnels without much damage. Take a walk through about any long narrow rail tunnel and you will find lots of bones.
The Moffet tunnel has a big cattle guard on it to keep livestock from getting into the tunnel. The tunnel is located in free range area.
The Moffet tunnel has a big cattle guard on it to keep livestock from getting into the tunnel. The tunnel is located in free range area.
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Yeah there are tons of abandoned towns/mines/tunnels in the mountains of Colorado. In the mid 1990's my dad had this wild hair up his ass to go off road 4-wheeling in the mountains and we've done quite a bit in the leadville/buena vista area.
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Re: Leadville, Co. Abandonded train tunnell Tennesse pass
I would imagine it would be really hard to push a snow drift out of a tunnel, considering it has no where to go.