After 30+ years the memory ain't perfect.
--- Deke Reiter <deke8706@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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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