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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
I've never heard of this tunnel.
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below: After a quick google search I was able to find this. I believe it's the same tunnel.
http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf8199p3f4/
I am now trying to pinpoint it on Google Earth. Does anyone know where this was/is located?
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Southern Pacific began Construction of the San Fernando Tunnel on March 27th, 1875 from both the north and south. Construction crews met on July 14th, 1876. The completed bore was 6, 966 feet long and was designated as Tunnel No. 20. At the time, it was the longest railway tunnel in the world.
The Southern Pacific was merged into the Union Pacific system on September 11, 1996.
The track running through the tunnel, which runs from Los Angeles to Sacramento, is known in railroad circles as the San Joaquin Valley Line and is used by Union Pacific for freight service, Metrolink commuter trains and occasionally by Amtrak when rails of the Coast Line are out of service due to a derailment or maintenance.
Cheers,
Jack