A pair of CSX GE's are run-through power on a Mt. Tom bound unit coal train seen exiting the 4.77 mile long Hoosac Tunnel in western Massachusetts. From the BKVP show "This is the Guilford Rail System" https://rfd.video/GRS #hoosactunnel #guilfordrailsystem #guilfordrail #csx #railroadtunnel #railroadtunnels | Railfan Depot

Our hike at the East Portal of the Hoosac Tunnel in Florida included finding the history here of the railroad and how it has changed over the years. The Northern route across Western Mass was created as an answer to the Western Railroad which ran from Westfield thru Chester and the Keystone Arches. There was no northern route, hence the building the hoosac tunnel thru the impassable mountains. The Trestle over the Deerfield river is a very important piece of the East Portal. It brings the rail l

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Next to the East Portal of the Hoosac Tunnel is a stone laid sluice which originates at the base of Twin Cascade in Florida. This was built by the railroad to both use and control the water flowing down the mountain to the Deerfield River. The stone walls are built high to protect the buildings and the tunnel from flooding. The trail to the waterfalls follows alongside and then dissappears under River Road only to come out again with a beautiful stone arch to tumble into the Deerfield. Our hike