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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
 Oh my God ProphetM! I would never have found it on my own.
How in the world were you ever able to spot this tunnel?
google street view
I thought the tunnel would still be in service. Are there still tracks down there? It doesn't look like it.
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Yes, there are. As I mentioned it's even used for Metrolink service. The problem is that the railroad bed is so much lower than everything else right there, that it's impossible to see the tracks from any Street View. And you can't even really make out where the ground drops off down to the track.
Looking at the train icons with Google Maps, the station south of the tunnel is Sylmar/San Fernando. A northbound Metrolink train takes about 20 minutes to go from there through the tunnel to the next station at Newhall. On the 45-degree aerial picture of the north end of the tunnel (near Newhall south of Santa Clarita), you can see an engine right outside the tunnel entrance.