The Bore
The Pan Am OCS emerges out of the east portal of the historic Hoosac Tunnel in western Massachusetts after making one last round trip across the former Boston and Maine mainline over the Berkshires. Leading the train is an ACSES II-equipped blue dip C40-8 necessary for the trip through MBTA territory north of Boston.
Through the latter half of the 19th Century, Hoosac was the longest tunnel in North America and remains the longest railroad tunnel east of the Mississippi. Construction of the tunnel began in 1851 under the Troy and Greenfield Railroad and lasted 24 grueling years in which 195 workers lost their lives. The stone facade on the east end was built in 1877, two years after the tunnel opened.
The Bore
The Pan Am OCS emerges out of the east portal of the historic Hoosac Tunnel in western Massachusetts after making one last round trip across the former Boston and Maine mainline over the Berkshires. Leading the train is an ACSES II-equipped blue dip C40-8 necessary for the trip through MBTA territory north of Boston.
Through the latter half of the 19th Century, Hoosac was the longest tunnel in North America and remains the longest railroad tunnel east of the Mississippi. Construction of the tunnel began in 1851 under the Troy and Greenfield Railroad and lasted 24 grueling years in which 195 workers lost their lives. The stone facade on the east end was built in 1877, two years after the tunnel opened.