i went looking for the west portal from the top of the
bluff last year trying to find a down on shot of the
IC crossing the bridge...didn't find any road,
someone's back yard was above the west portal so we
couldn't get to the spot above it.
-Dereck
206612.tripod.com
--- cy svobodny <ctsvobodny@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Thet curve is very sharp. I road thru on the head
> end
> of Amtrak RDC in early 70's and could hear the
> flanges
> squeel in pain. Quite the adventure. As i recall a
> road goes over the top just at the west portal. CY
>
> --- Charlie Vlk <cvlk@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > The tunnel at East Dubuque is unique even more
> than
> > you think!!!
> > At the time of its construction the CB&N was at a
> > grade much lower than it is today.
> > Because the IC had to meet the grade of the bridge
> > the tunnel floor and trackage was
> > at a level that was higher than the CB&N track.
> So,
> > for a while at least, until the CB&N
> > grade could be raised, the IC crossed the CB&N on
> a
> > small swing bridge!!!!!
> > Charlie Vlk
> >
> > The tunnel at E. Dubuque is owned & maintained
> by
> > IC (CN). The Q (and
> > CGW) had rights going back to the days when E.
> Dbq
> > was known as
> > Dunleith (old stock certificates for the nearby
> IC
> > bridge across the
> > Mississippi are for the "Dubuque & Dunleith
> Bridge
> > Co".).
> > The tunnel is unique for 3 reasons: it at one
> time
> > had 3 RR's using
> > it; it makes a complete 90 degree curve within
> it
> > portal to portal and
> > finally, when west-bd trains emerge they are
> > immediately atop the
> > double track Q (BN) mainline and then in a
> matter
> > of 20' or so are on
> > the bridge crossing the Mississippi. Quite a
> shock
> > for engineers on
> > their 1st trip thru!
> > Yrs back there was a tower at the west portal
> (was
> > @ 2 different parts
> > of the diamond over the yrs). At the east portal
> > there was a shack
> > for a crossing guard (lasted into the 50's) as
> > well as a tell-tale.
> > Until the IC rebuilt it for higher loads
> > (autoracks) the exhaust from
> > steam could be seen atop the portals. last
> sgteam
> > to go thru would
> > have been Q steam excursions from Dbq to
> Savannah
> > in the early 60's.
> > The ICHS site may have photos; it is easy to
> find
> > postcards of the
> > tunnel on eBay or any RR show; both lithos and
> > RPPC. Gerald
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been
> > removed]
> >
> >
>
>
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