CNO&TP Rathole in Kentucky

• Rathole Tunnel 1 north portal (500 ft.: by-passed 1929)
• 1918 topo map showing Rathole Tunnel 1 near High Bridge
• Rathole Tunnel 2 north portal (4652 ft.; by-passed 1963)
• 1952 topo map showing Rathole Tunnel 2 at Kings Mountain
• Rathole Tunnel 3 north portal (1167 ft.; by-passed 1950)
• Rathole Tunnel 3 south portal
• Rathole Tunnel 4 north portal (1165 ft.; by-passed 1950)
• Rathole Tunnel 4 inside
• Rathole Tunnel 4 south portal
• The view from the south portal of Rathole Tunnel 4. Just above and to the right of the red boathouse is the south end of the old Bridge # 54
• Rathole Tunnel 4 south portal from across Lake Cumberland
• Southbound train crossing the current Cumberland Lake bridge, picture taken from the Bridge # 54 remains by the south portal of Tunnel 4, shooting under the US 27 highway bridge
• Classic 1941 Cumberland River Bridge picture from Ties Magazine
• Looking north at the CNO&TP Bridge #54 over the Cumberland River (picture from Leo L. Lewis 1909 Engineering Thesis)
• Looking south at the CNO&TP Cumberland River Bridge (picture from Leo L. Lewis 1909 Engineering Thesis)
• South side bridge support from Cumberland River CNO&TP Bridge (visible in above picture)
• 1932 topo map showing Rathole Tunnel 4 at Burnside
• Burnside map showing Rathole Tunnels 3 & 4 before Lake Cumberland
• CNO&TP 1922 Burnside diagram from Ties Magazine
• Rathole Tunnels 4-5 and Burnside Bridge (1906 track diagram)
• Burnside old US 27 Tunnel (summer)
• Burnside old US 27 Tunnel (winter)
• Rathole Tunnel 5 north portal (882 ft.; by-passed 1963)
• Rathole Tunnel 5 south portal
• Rathole Tunnel 5, interesting because the brick only goes part way up the sides of the tunnel, and instead of being an even height, it follows the contour of the rock
• Rathole Tunnel 6 cut (189 ft.; daylighted 1901)
• Rathole Tunnel 7 north portal (1160 ft.; by-passed 1963)
• Rathole Tunnel 7 south portal
• Railbed leading to Rathole Tunnel 7 south portal
• Rathole Tunnel 8 north portal (503 ft.; by-passed 1963)
• Rathole Tunnel 8 south portal
• Rathole Tunnel 9 north portal (1277 ft.; by-passed 1963)
• Rathole Tunnel 9 south portal
• The cut where Rathole Tunnel 10 (270 ft.) was daylighted in 1907, the cut was expanded when the line was double-tracked
• Rathole Tunnel 11 south portal is a swamp, north portal filled in by US 27 (465 ft.; by-passed 1963)
• Rathole Tunnel 12 north portal (380 ft.; by-passed 1963)
• Rathole Tunnel 12 south portal
• Topo maps from early 1950s of Rathole Tunnels 5-12

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