Little taste of what the Clinchfield engineers had to work with for the Elkhorn Extension and a connection to the C&O. This tunnel straddles the Kentucky/Virginia stateline near Elkhorn City KY.
CSX 150 passes through the original 1523' long Stateline Tunnel, part of the Clinchfield Elkhorn Extension, which is located directly in the Breaks Gorge. The tunnel cuts through two states, Virgi... (more)