#bigtunnel

First Class

Here’s a westbound train blasting its way out of Big Tunnel on the Baltimore & Ohio line through southern Indiana.

Being a young photographer, my shutter speed was not set fast enough to freeze the action, but I naturally moved with the subject while squeezing off the frame and so luckily achieved a “pan” effect here to save the day.

I assume number 4100 to be first of the class (EMD GP40-2) that was built for the road in 1972. The location is east of Mitchell, Indiana; the line is the former Ohio & Mississippi and was originally built in the 1850s as broad gauge.

Big Tunnel

I’ve posted this before, but can resist doing so again. A westbound fast freight blasts out of Big Tunnel. This is located on the former Ohio & Mississippi, east of Mitchell, Indiana.

Going Away

For some reason I don’t have a shot of this Baltimore & Ohio train emerging from Big Tunnel, but do have this going-away shot that would have been made at the same location. We’re east of Mitchell, Indiana, here—on the former Ohio & Mississippi.

Big Tunnel, Revisited

Here’s a couple shots of Big Tunnel, just east of Tunnelton, in southern Indiana. This B&O line, which runs between Cincinnati & St. Louis, was built as the Ohio & Mississippi and completed in 1857.

The first image shows a train exiting the western portal in 1975, while the second image was made near the same spot only a couple of weeks ago, on September 27th 2021.

Big Tunnel

Here’s a strange, wide-angle shot I made at Big Tunnel, east of Mitchell, Indiana—near Tunnelton, naturally. With the smoke going straight up, I assume the train is moving very slowly, if at all.

This is an eastbound train on what was the Ohio & Mississippi; at the time of this photograph it was the Baltimore & Ohio—Indiana Division, Washington Subdivision (part of Chessie System).

Big Tunnel

This is a westbound train exiting Big Tunnel, just east of Tunnelton, in southern Indiana. This is the B&O line that runs between Cincinnati and St. Louis. There is really very little action on this CSX line today.