#tunneltonin

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Tunnleton This is a westbound Baltimore & Ohio train moving through the East Fork White River Valley in southern Indiana. The small burg of Tunnleton lies above the tracks on the hill. This B&O line, between Cincinnati and St. Louis, began life as the Ohio & Mississippi. Apparently, the town was created in the mid-1850s when the line was being built—it lies halfway between Big Tunnel and Little Tunnel. The former still exists while the latter was daylighted just prior to the turn of the 20th century.

While this is the B&O, the motive power is of the Chesapeake & Ohio, part of the Chessie System. Both appear to be SD40s.

Image by Richard Koenig; taken October 28th 1977.

[railwayhistorical]

Forty-Five Years

Here’s two images taken at the same spot, near Tunnelton, Indiana, forty-five years apart. When i was young I would occasionally travel down to photograph trains on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. I happened to be in the general area recently and so did some photography along the line once again.

Two images by Richard Koenig; taken March 7th 1976 and September 27th 2021.