The Legend of the Third Tunnel, Gold Camp Road, Colorado Srings

Gold Camp Road was constructed during the 1800s to help support the ongoing Pike’s Peak Gold Rush. Connecting Cripple Creek to Colorado Springs a railway was laid down on the route that is now Gold Camp Road. Known as the “Short Line,” train service began in 1901, with 200 freight cars used to haul minerals, supplies, and people throughout the area. There were nine tunnels at that time, but since then several have collapsed. Today I’ll show you the first three, and the urban legend connected to the third one.
In 1988 this tunnel partially collapsed. Since then it has been locked up and inaccessible to cars. The story goes that a school bus full of children was driving through the tunnel when the collapse occurred, killing everyone on board. Although there is no record of this event, several hikers and mountain bikers have claimed to hear the sound of children’s screams coming from inside the tunnel.

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I remember when that tunnel collapsed, the springs area got really bad rain. Which is too bad, it was a beautiful drive going up that way to cripple creek and Victor.

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There's still a long section of it open to cars near Victor, but unfortunately it doesn't go all the way through anymore.