Moonson posted:Wow, Paul, there was/is an actual "Moonville"? I had not idea. However, I named my layout "Moon Township." Thanks a lot for those photos!
FrankM, Moon's son
Thanks Frank, you know the best part, the tunnel is haunted. From the stories I was told a young girl was struck by the vary train she was waiting for near the tunnel and a brakeman was tragically killed while on the roof of a caboose when it entered the tunnel.
I was a Scoutmaster for 10 years and we took our Boy Scout troop to Beaver Creek State Park on a weekend camping trip then hiked to the Moonville tunnel which actually was named after a small mining town close by. All that remains of the town are foundation stones and partial brick walls laying in the undergrowth. It was very fun to walk around and imagine what it must have been like to live in a very small town literally built around the tracks, some of the building foundations were within 20 feet of the railway. It's something I'll never forget.
Never saw a ghost though.....
Paul
