by MEC407
From The Portland Press Herald:
The Portland Press Herald wrote:Gov. Lincoln Chafee joined a team of inspectors as they ventured Thursday into an abandoned railway tunnel and surveyed the dank and dark corridor 100 feet below Rhode Island's capital city.Read more at: http://www.pressherald.com/news/old-r_i ... 09-27.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
The century-old East Side Railroad Tunnel hadn't been inspected since it was sealed off 20 years ago. Chafee said he wanted to get a firsthand look at the mile-long corridor to determine whether it could be reused. While no plans are pending to reopen the tunnel, Chafee said it could possibly be used one day for buses to relieve congestion on city streets.
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The tunnel was originally constructed to allow trains to pass underneath College Hill on Providence's East Side. The last trains went through decades ago, and the tunnel's two ends were sealed following a scuffle between local police and college students celebrating May Day.
The tunnel passes under Brown University and some of Providence's nicest neighborhoods.
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Pan Am Railways — Boston & Maine/Maine Central — Delaware & Hudson
Central Maine & Quebec/Montreal, Maine & Atlantic/Bangor & Aroostook
Providence & Worcester — New England — GE Locomotives
Moderator:
Pan Am Railways — Boston & Maine/Maine Central — Delaware & Hudson
Central Maine & Quebec/Montreal, Maine & Atlantic/Bangor & Aroostook
Providence & Worcester — New England — GE Locomotives