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This is the Musconectcong/Jugtown/Pattenburg tunnel in West Portal New Jersey during construction in the 40s. Along with some other pictures of it when it was used for revenue systems. The tunnel was used by the Lehigh Valley and was created to replace the original tunnel with became too small for larger trains. The tunnel was double tracked but in the 90s was single tracked in the middle so Conrail could fit intermodal down it. Finally in today's time NS uses the tunnel on the Lehigh line and anyone who rode the 2016 Amtrak Autum express would've passed through it.

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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

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RaritanRiverRailroadFan4 posted:

Working on this for the 4H train show this weekend.IMG_1717

Very nice Joe, I must ask though who owns the Lehigh Valley Low Hood RS32?

When my friend bobby goes to Pittsburgh to college I more or less borrow it from him. I have another custom painted C420 in Tuscan and until I get a second C420 or another LV diesel I'll be borrowing his.

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