Train passing through tight tunnel hits wall. Scary tunnel
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My brother recorded this video passing through Cumberland Gap train tunnel while he was working for Norfolk Southern. You can hear the train hit the wall. This tunnel is very dangerous as it is old and prone to rock falls. If the train is too slow it will get overtaken by the smoke and you will suffocate, too fast and the train will derail and you are trapped inside and could possibly die from the heat and smoke. It really is a scary tunnel. Please Subscribe, it really means a lot.
Brief History:
This is the last tunnel on the line coming out of Knoxville. The Knoxville Cumberland Gap Louisville railroad company blasted out this tunnel in 1888-1889, with a grade going up to the more or less center of the tunnel on both sides, so the cross-section of the mountain would reveal a tunnel that looks like an inverted “V”. Smoke had a tendency to collect at the top and make breathing difficult for crews and passengers. Then, to add to the woes, the tunnel collapsed on July 4, 1894, and again in 1896. Engineers didn’t like to go into the tunnel, so they’d push a string into the tunnel and have another locomotive pull it out from the other portal. Passengers had to take a wagon ride through the gap. This wasn’t a good situation. When L&N gained control of the tunnel (KCGL had gone bust in 1892), they did a complete refurb ending in 1897, which is the date on this portal (this is mostly from “History of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad” by Maury Klein). It’s also the date that “Dracula” by Bram Stoker, was published. When the tunnel was begun, the Buffalo Soldiers were active in the West, just 7 years after the gunfight at OK Corral. 
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Can you imagine digging that out a hundred yrs ago with oil lamps.
would have been easier with picks and spades.
SecretSquirrel boss says break rock with lamp, I break rock with lamp.
Chuck oil at rock, light oil, wait 'till rock is glowing, piss on rock. It's what they did before dynamite.
Ken Daniels I was thinking the same. must have been terrifying
That were heros. Not to compare with the "man" today.
I don't care what anyone says that tunnel is scary af.
It's claustrophobic.
Yeah definitely lol
It felt like I was being slipped into a tomb!
I agree not much room for error in that tunnel.
@Woody Last Name man, 2020 really getting people uptight.
plot twist. This is a colonoscopy. The train sounds were added in.
I should change the title to weird creature found during colonoscopy.
My colonoscopy. HIPPA violation.
I'm crying😂😂😂
Plot twist, it's your mom!
Lol
Back in about September of 1996 my brother Warren, along with our friend Zeb Huntleigh and I had been hiking the Gap and started through this tunnel, making our way through about 3/4 and heard the train coming through the other end. Needless to say we were scared shitless and started picking up the pace real quick like. Warren and I had just reached the opening end and shot out like double time, having just made it to safety on the side of the tracks and looked back to see Zeb clinging to the front of the big engine hanging on for life. Tossing his backpack and jumping off the slow mover unhurt and very relieved to be ok, we couldn't help but just sit down and laugh the rest of the afternoon. Very damned scary I tell you.
Great story. Pleased that no one was hurt.
Now I understand why the loco's exit doors are on the front and rear of the cab, and not on the sides !
another coat of paint and he would had been stuck. This looks like something out of an old mine.
It was. Made for the old much smaller mining trains.
Who else got this in their recommended?
Yeah man, idk why.
I got this in mine
Byte Nebula I did
is it weird that I'm actually searched for this?
Me......idk why....
I've watched this video twice and still have not heard anything that sound like an impact.
I heard 3 possible impact sounds on the first time watching
Wrong. The side of the main engine hits the rock sticking out from the wall around the 4:46 mark.
@@mca0824 I heard nothing but the sound of the engine.
The impact is about 3:41
Agreed. This is “fake news”
Worst place to see another train light in front of you.
I can see a rather nasty but surviveable collision happening given the low speeds.
The real problem is the cars of the train blocking your escape and the locomotives catching fire after colliding.
Or if the train brakes down in the middle of the tunnel 🙄
You’d have a hell of a bigger problem if you saw another headlight on a single main going through opposite direction. A train crew, and a dispatcher are all losing their jobs if there’s no collision
@@kaseyaldrich4746 why would the train crews lose their jobs if it is the dispatcher fault
@@matthewwilson5019 it’s also your responsibility to watch for Incorrect signals, switches being thrown incorrectly, etc. if there’s a train on the other side of you, the signals reflect that. If you run into a train, you’re just as much at fault for not doing your job.
That's not a tunnel, it's a cave, and it also explains the lack of graffiti, no place to hide when a train comes. YUP.
joe Schlotthauer that's Cumberland gap...everybody's huffing the paint
Paul Mingie. and we love it. btw you got any
It's not a cave - it is man-made. In the unlined sections you can see the "cupping" every few feet which was formed by successive dynamite blasts. You see the same thing in mine tunnels from the old days. The tunnel is so small because they chose to do the minimum amount of blasting/mucking necessary. They just wanted something barely big enough to get a train through. This was long before safety became a big concern in industry.
there's a lack of grafitti because, whats the point doing a throwup when no one's ever going to see it
You don't want to need to hide from a train, but if you find you need to anyway, crouch or lay down low as far from the rails as you can get.
Found myself holding my breath. This is one scary tunnel to have to go through.
Considering all the unknowns, and still driving that train through that long eerie tunnel out of the twilight zone... ball's of steal!
Great video!
That is a very weird tunnel. It starts with brickwork, and then suddenly changes into
this weird concrete spiked wall design, and then finally, it turns into a cave! It goes
through the designs again at odd points.
Architect was malfunctioning.
Weak points in the mountain.
They reinforce the walls with concrete if the material can’t support itself
When the rock is good, it doesn't need a lining. Where it was fractured the original architects would have used brick to support the tunnel. I'm guessing the metal structures are retro-fits where either the rock or brick has weakened, and making a new tunnel to modern dimensions was deemed too expensive.
Maybe over the years different styles emerged I’m sure this took decades to dig
Must be the tunnel that leads straight to hell.
It sure looks like it.
You've seen that tunnel ?
I've walked that tunnel back while the construction on the automobile tunnel was being done back in 89.
John Ryan reminds me of my ex.
Big Ozone but the tunnel seems to be so narrow.... what if a train came the other way when you were passing through ?
That tunnel is so scary, why does it even exist! They need to remake it!
Lol maybe a window
Connor wet himself. Tear it all down and redo it with brighter colors.
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Mca0824, Thank you so much for posting this! That was scary, courageous and fascinating all at once. Takes a lot of bravery to do that whether for work or fun. My hat is off to anyone who could do this.
That is an old tunnel!! I can't imagine going thru that thing with a steam engine in the old days.
Read the description. You couldn't pay me to do that even today.
Reg mason232 I was thinking the same thing, while watching the video.
Growing up, I always dreamed of working on a train, going across country. Or drive a semi. I ended up driving a semi. From that seat, I got to see a lot, of what these guys would see. Some of the rail lines through the Rocky's, and Cascades. Were simply breathtaking. Running on a narrow strip of track, on the side of a mountain. Then what looked like tunnels, that would rival this one.
All this, made me glad I drove a truck instead. Not that that, didn't have it's butt puckering moments.
Based on what I see on Russian highways, and the horrific crashes- also be glad you were not born there!
HAHA especially the spiked walls I thought was going to Bowsers den
Yes ha ha futuristic robot ha ha so funny
Next time, sound the horn in the tunnel
that's a really bad idea
But he didn't record this
Do you want tinnitus? Cause that's how you get tinnitus!!
MAWP!!
They say on cold winter nights, you can still hear that single blast of the horn reverberating forever...
Toot toot said Thomas this is a tight one
But then there was trouble..............
That sounds sooooooo wrong
LMFAOOOO
God dammit I just woke my mom up from laughing so hard
The Fat Controller laughed,'it feels good'.
Couldn't even imagine the hardships digging that tunnel. I wonder how many lives were lost in the process.
Agree! Many lives have sacrificed
DexRey Agon no womens lives were lost just big strong men like everything else made in this world
@@musclerussell8109 That's such a randomly unnecessary comment lol. She didnt even mention women's lives.
No one I know
EXPLORING WITH MUSCLE THE RUSSELL You’re an idiot. You’re here because of a woman. Is that how you disrespect your mom? Another one of the I can’t get a date crowd.
When she tells you it's her first time. And it actually is.
pakan357 I dunno man it's still a freight train we're talking about. and let me tell you, I ain't no freight train.
pakan357 😂😂😂
pakan357 pmfaooo
Ohh, my gosh.
pakan357 yes, that would be one tight tunnel
So this is what a 1x2 minecraft tunnel with rails in it looks like in real life. The more you know.
1x2 then 1x1 then 1x2 then 1x1.
It is very scary tunnel.just imagine, if the train stopped by any engine failure, then....... I am leaving it to ur imagination.
kmg kmg I hadn't even thought of that. Omg I would die.
Liam Nelson ..yessss
Death due to carbon monoxide poisoning. That's what could happen if your stuck in an unventilated tunnel like that.
What happens in the tunnel, stays in the tunnel!
kmg kmg I would stop imagining
No fear of confined spaces, usually. But this video creeped me out!
good Lord this looks like something I would expect to see on an amusement park ride, imagine if you could go through that tunnel at full speed without derailing, that would be a trip lol
I believe its the slow speed and risk of death that makes it so eerie. If you just blew through it in a few seconds it would not be nearly as fun.
Not good if your claustrophobic.
I don't see a Santa Claus
Mad Katt no if you were,not claustrophobic when you went in you would be when you can out
Imagine all the lights shut off no-one had a torch either. 😳
As long as there is light water to drink and AC it doesn't matter
This sure can make you claustrophobic!
This I located in Cowan, Tennessee. I had been up there before, prior to CSX taking ownership of the property. You used to be able to go up top and see the tops of the old tunnel vents, from back when they used to run steam engines. Train operators will now call the police if they catch you walking or riding on the railroad bed, making your way up. Travel at your own risk.
Like watching grass grow !
Your lawn must be a scary place.
123ABCCBA321drome .!indeed!..I was so focused the hole time!want par two for the ending!!..soon please and thanks.
That sure is one of the creepiest tunnels I've ever seen. Especially seeing as sections of it haven't been walled, and you see the original carving into the rock making it look more like a natural cave
That has to be the spookiest train tunnel ever! Imagine walking that with a lantern... biggest balls award goes to:
....the rats that inhabit that place. They have zero fear.
Man, watching that with no sound got my anxiety going.
I bet them walls have been hit many times
what he said
Zack Cash
lol! yw for the setup
Adam Miller yeah your wife also.
pervert
Adam Miller that's what she said
my clostophobia kicked in. scary shit
If you listen close when the train comes out of the tunnel you can hear my brother go shwuuu. He hated that tunnel.
mca0824 I didn't make it that far. I had to close the video. my phobia kicked in hard.
I know what you mean.
Cris Espinoza mine did too
This would make a great ride in Knotts Berry Farm.
A good representation of my Ex’s life...no light at end of his long ass tunnel.
You picked him. lol Hope your well now.
I am sure said ex would tell us she just sucked the light out of his soul.
I’ve worked for Csx for 15 years. Imo I think the train did hit the wall, it sounded like.
I ran a dyna cat for years for the railroad, I’ve also ran mark 4s and 6700s
I’ve had to line and tamp the track thru many tunnels all over the country. CC RAILROAD, NEW river, EK sub, big sandy sub, CV sub all over the place !
And many times I would be called in to just line only thru the tunnel.
And I would have to get out and measure the the distance from each rail to the wall ! And right now what that number was on the wall or the rail
I can’t remember what the minimums have to be ? 65 inches ? I’d have to look back at an fra book.
There was a tunnel at the ock 105.5 on the cc railroad, right there in Richmond Ky, that train cars would scrap on the tunnel wall, and I would have to go in there and line the track over.
I would get a little anxious doing it.
I never cared to be working inside any tunnel but I didn’t have a choice. I would just turn some music on and run my machine.
I am off atm on sick leave. Been gone a little over a year. I do miss it at times
While watching the video: Damn, that sucks but it ain't that bad
After reading credits at the end: HELL NO FORGET THAT
Thanks for watching.
Awesome! I love trains, love tunnels. But I'd pass on this passage to hell.
New creepy cool ride at Disneyland!
It would be a dream to me to ride in a train
Get outta there! You're COMPROMISED!
"We now have but one choice. We must face the long dark of Moria."
OMG, a hated that dungeon >_
I bet you it was never thought to have a full size train go through there. It looks like it was made for railway cars that 2 people pump up & down. Just a guess.
No
I live in Middlesboro Kentucky which is like 10 minutes away from the gap and this tunnel I’ve been here many of times never thought it was that long kinda glad I never walked it lol but the opening is honestly pretty big it was just the darkness and the position of the camera my opinion
Something not all of us gets to see!! Was on the edge of my seat within the first 30 seconds,,,
Thank you so much for sharing!!
Thank you. I thought it would be a nice share, but 1820 people did not.. Thanks for watching.
tina smith Ya the whole family was!!it could go viral! The neighbours are coming to see it after breakfast!
Rex Luminus haha 😃
How to get rid of train surfers lol
It would definitely clear the hitchhikers off the sides.
@@mca0824 FULL THROTHLE
Spirited Drive just hop on the front of the train GTA V style and ride on the front with an assault rifle like your a hired mercenary protecting the trains cargo🤣🤣🤣
Great POV from the cab. DAMN, that's one tight but interesting tunnel.
Not a view you get to see everyday. Thanks for your comment and for watching the video.
That is one long friggin Tunnel!! 😳
god could you imagine getting stuck in there?? those tunnels are eerie as hell
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When I was in college, we hiked this tunnel. Train runs once s night so it's possible. Super long and super spooky.
That will be horrific
You are so daring!
Reminds me of the big TV screen on the wall the proctologist looks at when I get colonoscopies.
T Bag 😂😂😂
Omg I should be crying of laughter 3 am Christmas morning, Thanks man
T Bag ... Now that's funny. You're totally right.
Now that is fucking funny!!!
Thanks for reminding me.. Still scarred for life after my colonoscopy.
"The ground shakes...Drums. Drums in the deep. We cannot get out. A Shadow moves in the dark...we cannot get out.
They are coming."
Fantastic video. Never seen one like this. Thank you for the ride along!!!
Thank you Peavine.
Sounds like a hit at 3:39.
Tunnel has a slow order for sure.
For those who don't know, track is always changing. Freshly tamped track is smooth as glass, in a tunnel the track bed moves sometimes because water flow or heavy trains, or both. You may clear one day and not the next. Maybe there's a low spot that appears and the train sways into the side of the tunnel.
Good comment. Finally a person who understands how trains and tracks actually respond to ground movement and other natural events. Thanks Herpn .
Maarten Lord
I work on trains, around them, in them. Solenoids and valves don't sound like a sledge hammer unless they just broke.
It it really that hard for you to think that there may be some possibility that it hit?
Again, the train hits the walls almost every time the train passes through the tunnel. Ground conditions, load distribution, etc.. cause the train to lean slightly to one side or the other. This causes the train to impact the wall. Do you just go around calling people a liar for fun, or are you just another troll ?
sounds like the camera man farting...
You can hear someone say "Woops" after the hit.
It's really like some kind of near death experience....
Gotta' love the sound of that GE!
You can walk out from the head end if it derailed. Having been involved in an alleged smoke inhalation case I know from the engineering studies we had done by the engineering firm who did the Chunnel that the smoke flows upward and back as the train moves. The smoke flows backwards as the train pushes air to the rear.
Train guys must have some pretty good ghost stories.
Very Creepy Tunnel. You just expect something sinister to occur at any moment....
James Austin nah dude it would be a great place to get stuck in at 4am on the graveyard shift
Yeah, like a cave in.
My dad and papaw were train engineers mostly working out of the Decoursey yards in Latonia, KY, Queensgate in Cincinnati and whatever they are named in the Corbin, KY area. They have been on some super high trestles, which freaks me out, and some creepy tunnels. I bet they have been thru this tunnel. Papaw is no longer with us but I'm about to call my dad to ask if he's been in this one. Thank you for sharing this video. I'm excited to talk to him about it!
Update: My dad didn't usually run that line but did once and went thru that tunnel. He wasn't the engineer which is standard because they would leave that job to someone familiar with it. One interesting thing he said is in 1 line tunnels when running the train fast the air displacement pushes air out the other end and you can see the dirts and leaves being blown. Pretty cool and something I never thought of. A tunnel like this is unique since most have at least enough room for a service truck to enter to make repairs to a train if need be.
That’s cooln
It is surprising that this tunnel/train line is still in operation. Thanks for the video.
Thanks for watching. This is the main line and has been open over 100 years with the exception of a couple cave ins.
Dont take this personally, but I never want to watch this video again! It felt like the tunnel was getting smaller and smaller. A real Alice In Wonderland rabbit hole.
Mark Fryer long term trauma!?...should be of pg.17?
This would be great in a horror film. I was expecting a demon to come out at me.😳😂
I actually paused video in between to read comments just to verify if it is horror video or not.
So now after reading comments I can resume watching it.
AD ForKnowledge didn’t even think of that, they would have got me good
Next video maybe.
Or zombies. 😱
everyone saying there's no hits, you can see scrape marks on the walls where previous trains have hit all along the length of the tunnel
The fact that it was NIGHT made it a lot creepier.
The train hits the rocks at 3:39 . Lucky he is going slow.
mca0824 cheers that saved me being bored.
You should add the 3:39 to the description. I would never have known that from a clap or someone taping something in the cab. Definitely a scary tunnel but the little noise at 3:39 was anticlimactic to say the least.
mca0824
Sorry to let you down. If you were in the train and you heard the side of the train clap the rocks in that tunnel you may feel a little different.
Sue Chisholm
Was waiting for a jumpscare . lol
000 000 Legend has it you're still waiting.
Lol real life vs movies
Yea like another train
We will take back the Holy Land! Ave maria
Well, I mean, it's a train, Slenderman+Freddy Krueger+literally any other mythical creature could show up and you would probably win still
That's so scary! Imagine being trapped in there.
It is suffocating just watching .
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I usually dont get claustrophobic but this video did..It also reminds me to not run the car in the garage...LOL.....
That's a snug fit
Great video
Thank you.
Mark Schenher makes my pants look loose
That's what she always says
Cool video that is what i wanted to see. I walked in a ways and it was creepy. I have read articles on it and they talk about the smoke fumes being so bad. Thanks so much for posting this.I go camping up there a lot and always go to this tunnel. I love RR tunnels.
It is a scary place. I would hate to be in the tunnel when a train came. I don't think you could fit between the wall and the train.
mca0824 Yeah you are right! I would have gotten a panic attack if i was in the middle of that tunnel and then hear the noise of a train! Scary tunnel is the right word bro! 😨
mca0824 this would be a great place for TRUMP protesters to protest, no place to run. Happy TRUMP day tomorrow
nathan koroush fuck you and trump, youre probably as dumb as that orange chetto is.
1993transam1 , tough guy behind the keyboard,
Yikes! Just watching this is creepy enough. I really enjoyed reading the history of it that you provided, though. It amazes me that this line of track through this cave is still allowed to be operated.
I have never thought driving a train can be this scary
it’s not scary and u can’t drive a locomotive you operate it
A train has a escape door on the nose
Actually, that's the normal door
Creative_Zach Gaming ...not to mention: where exactly are u escaping to???
CRlocoman1989 lol ikr
CRlocoman1989 escaping to death
I'm guessing shut down and walk out the tunnel. he did come out the tunnel so walking out seems plausible.
I got nervous and worried just watching this video and can only imagine how the engineer might have felt..Darn that's just to long an to tight a tunnel to have to go through
Those trees 0:34 and that night vision during driving seriously man
Very scary
Damm sure driver was brave
This tunnel is in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. My home town, ive walked through that tunnel a few times with friends and its not all that bad after about the second or third time, it is like you can almost hear people talking in the distance when no one is there tho
Don't be caught walking in tunnel with a train coming!
Michael Murphy ill take a little track vehicle and go through easy. spiders though
actually I doubt anything lives there
think about it I thought I saw a few bats hanging from the roof of the tunnel.
Michael Murphy luckily the trains go slow
Michael Murphy no shit
Who down-voted this? It is exactly what it said it is, and it's pretty cool. The title is not "Mardi Gras fails".
Haters gonna hate. I don't understand it either.
I didn't like where they say they die of they stalled. All they have to do is a mu shut down. It kill the engine. Then they could walk out. All good railroaders carry a lantern.
Udumfck Perhaps YT has some sort of bot that dislikes videos when they get to a certain amount of likes.
Who knows why though, it's not like this is a vine compilation or a Minecraft Let's Play
Maybe because it looks like it was filmed on a mobile phone from the '90s?
Yup, that's a hit at 3:39. It could have been dangerous. Man the tunnel is like dig to fit size. Hope it can be altered or something. Too damn risky for a freight train or just the engine locomotive to pass through.
Parts of the train hit and scrape almost every time through this tunnel. It really is a dangerous tunnel. Thanks for watching and commenting.
@@mca0824 That's true and considering the track keeps shifting due to weather conditions, will not be surprised if the scrapes get heavier. Subscribed, found your uploads to be quite interesting. Keep the content flowing.
The tunnel was probably built when steam engines was around and the trains were a little smaller to
@@kvrreddy1605 Thank you for the sub. Sorry I have not responded for a while. More videos are coming very soon. Thanks again.
That's an incredible piece of history!!
Being a railroad, tunnel technology, geology (little bit) fan, I notice the tunnel goes through soft and hard sections of the mountain: some finished without cement / concrete while others had to be steel-beam reinforced. Also noticed the rail bed is of slab concrete. So some improvements have apparently been done.
It is a normal design for tunnels to have slight inclines toward the center so that water naturally drains out to both ends. But it is not good to have very tight clearance to have "now-oversized" trains to go through. It's best to rebore the tunnel with NATM method.
Appears the line owners, need to do some tunnel updating.
James Edmond uuuuhhhh
NS did when they leased it from CSX
3:40 that whooop sound
Air compressor... LOL
Wow ! That looks like a bad dream! I would want to go full throttle just to get through it. I would get anxious in there. Thanks for sharing.
I don't know about you, but I watched this a few times and I felt a sigh of relief when exiting that tunnel! This is NOT an amusement park ride! I didn't know that I had claustrophobia until I saw this!
It would suck to be a zombie in that tunnel
It would suck to be a zombie anywhere.
Z ASMR Caveman yeah
Z ASMR Caveman funny.. all I could keep imagining was a train coming up behind him.... and in front.. and him.being trapped between two metal snakes in a hole...
It would suck even more to be a human caught in this tunnel with a train coming!
isbsey *i could easily out run it XD*
I have watched this live video once. I found that a sound of railway makes suspense while entering through tunnel.
You're right, this is a scary tunnel because it's narrow and long, the creepiest part is 2:13
I don't know why this video has so many thumbs down. It's very interesting as is the written info. Maybe if the uploader hadn't put "hits wall" in the title there wouldn't be the thumbs down tally. The train doesn't hit the wall but does brush the tunnel roof a few time (eg., 02:50). But it must be "scary" to go through this super tight squeeze. Good video.
I would not have put that in the title except for the fact that the train hit the rocks. My brother recorded this video and told me about going through this tunnel and the train hitting the walls as it passes through. I think the video is a great view of a side of life that most people would never get a chance to see.
It doesn't hit the wall...that would be an operating incident and the engineer would bring the train to a stop
Alan Kuhlwilm .... TROLL, TROLL, TROLL, TROLL. Now move on. Nothing else to see here.
Michael
Could the down votes come from power hungry imatures that are jealous?
joshron99 It got so many dislikes that the uploader had to disable likes...
They couldn't pay me enough.
golf-n-guns yaah!same hear.
golf-n-guns I'm sure they don't pay that engineer enough.
lol I love trains. i would, but for me that would be working for the electric company(lineman). They could pay me enough.
couldn't
That's a creepy tunnel. Cool video!
One time I was crossing through a tunnel and a train came through the other end, had to race out and only made it out with 6 seconds to spare!
Thats some video, good footage
Thank you.
this is up my way. there a a grade to it as well. I used to go down to the tunnel every Thursday about 730 or so to watch the train come by. I've been in the tunnel too, but no more than 10 feet.
Angela Partin you could not pay me enough to even get within two feet of that gateway to madness between the small confining walls and that creepy darkness nope just nope
My girl friend left me for this train 💔
Tell her the train is currently exploring other tunnels. Maybe she will return. LOL
Roasting You 2017 you're stupid
Michael or not
HI Roasting You 2017
May be your Tunnel Boring Machine Tool is worn out. That's why she left.
Michael will it explore her tunnel? (Ok thats a little to edgy)
I feel claustrophobic just watching this! Hats off to the brave guys who do this for a living, I could never do it!
I could probably handle the tunnels after a while but would have a problem with the >100ft trestles...you fall of those babies and your done for...
This is incredible video man. That is scary.
Thank you Thondup...
hi!..it was riveting.scary moments!specially that chair event.I could barely keep my eyes open!!!nearly put me to sleep...Thank you..please more video like this.I can't wait for a reverse Tripp!
I am Douglas, I recorded this video. If you have a question please ask.
Douglas Anderson bullshit.
That's my brother.
This is my brother, he recorded the video. If you have a question he has the answer. He worked for many years at Norfolk Southern. Great person.
let me just say nope to that
why didn't you record it till the end of tunnel ??
You never think that something that old would still be in use today; barely a hand width between the sides of the locomotive and the wall - just hope to hell that the rails remain true and level through a tunnel that seems to go on for an eternity. Fascinating video!
Could you imagine being in the middle of that tunnel and hearing a train coming? There would be no room to step away from the train.
"Ok Larry we're gonna make the poor bastards go through a couple a miles through the mountain... Oh and uh... Make sure its really narrow. Pucker factor 8.5 narrow."
all I can say is, that's one of the creepiest things I've ever seen. I'll be having nightmares about that the rest of my life
Be sure to watch it again before bed time. That helps you forget about it. Good night.
Michael I just did. I think I need therapy now
Ok, have a seat on the couch and tell us all about it. lol
Rickster Hey... Your profile picture is Simon's Cat!
the GOOPER yea I gotta soft spot for kitties. That one's a cutie!
The tunnel looks like it was built sometime in the 1850s - 1880s. With steam locomotives going through this, the smoke would have been toxic and deadly. It was scary enough riding on a diesel-electric engine, but in the old days... OH HELL NO!
The engines have doors that go out to a catwalk surrounding the locomotive, so you will be able to escape down the tracks.
I can't even imagine a train being able to fast enough through this tunnel to cause more than a minor derailment.
I would not want to put this to the test as this is a very long and narrow tunnel, and the smoke+and fire have no where to go except twards the ends. Even minor derailments can sometimes lead to fires.