sorry, if I'm wrong it ain't the first time. My info
about C&NW tunnel came from others. I nyself have
worked La Crosse's AMTRAK station as vacation relief
since the summer of '84, 9-10 weeks a year and was
told by others (Milw. Rd. employees) about the boxcars
inside the tunnel. Been to both ends of the tunnels
many times and inside the Milw. hole also. Did you
know that the current tunnel is also the 2nd Milw. Rd.
hole. You can see a trace of the original hole above
and to the left of the east portal(unless the CP
somehow covered it when they Hi-Wided). It also seems
to show on the west end also, but more vague.
Cy
--- Ted Schnepf <railsunl@f...> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I do appreciate your information about Camp McCoy as
> a POW camp. It was
> also a very active Army base during WWII.
>
> The CNW tunnel at Tunnel City did not collapse on a
> train. Individual
> rocks fell on trains passing through the tunnel but
> no real equipment
> damage. The large rock fall came between the
> infrequent trains on the
> line. No rolling stock is trapped in the tunnel. I
> lived in LaCrosse at
> the time and worked for the Milwaukee Road.
>
> Ted
>
> At 07:34 PM 10/15/2002 -0700, you wrote:
> >a wwII german pow camp was located at "camp McCoy"
> >near Sparta, Wi, just east of La Crosse on Hwy 16.
> >
> >Camp McCoy is located on the
> >Milw. Rd. and C&NW tracks just west of Tunnel City,
> >Wi. This is the only railroad tunnel still in use
> in
> >entire state. Parrellel C&NW tunnel collapsed on a
> >enroute freight train during mid 70's. leaving box
> >cars inside(never retreaved). East portal filled in
> >w/dirt, west portal face plugged w/concrete. C&NW
> >Tunnel City station still stands as a home. C&NW
> got
> >quick(long stansing) trackage rights on Milw. Rd.
> (of
> >course they are now UP & CP. Milw. Rd. tunnel about
> >1300 plus feet long single track. (CP high wided'd
> >during mid 90's)
>
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