Tunnel design question

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This website lists all of the various tunnels in the heartland projeect. 
Click on the tunnel and the report should appear.

Alex Schust

http://www.efl.fhwa.dot.gov/files/projects/heartland/site-map/index.html


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> Gene,

> Yes there are. I found them while I was performing Pocahontas Division 

> research. Perhaps if there is interest I will make them available to or 

> via the NWHS Archives and they could be accessed as part of that program. 

> Some are very large files and I wouldn't want to endanger or "crash" the 

> LIST.

>

> Mason Cooper

>

> [Moderator how do you think we should handle this?]

>

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> Subject: RE: Tunnel design question

>

> Fascinating reading and great pictures of the "before"

>

> Are similar reports available for the other tunnels on the Pocahontas Sub?

> They'd be great resource for me when I start modeling it.

>

> Gene

>

> On August 26, 2010 at 12:06 PM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> 

> wrote:

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>

>> --> --> Thanks for the information.  Did the under cutting occur, or did 

>> the

>> liner get notched?

>>

>> R.D. Williams

>>

>>

>>

>> From:nw-mailing-list-bounces at nwhs.org

>> [mailto:nw-mailing-list-bounces at nwhs.org] On Behalf OfNW Mailing List

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>> Subject:RE: Tunnel design question

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>> Mike,

>>                 I am attaching the engineering study for Huger Tunnel. 

>> It is

>> a large file and I hope the moderator will allow it to go through.  In 

>> this

>> you will find what options were considered and why they chose the one 

>> that

>> they did. A lot of thought went into this as you will see. If you want to

>> re-visit the good old days, hopefully we will have something for you to 

>> read

>> about Christmas.

>> Mason Cooper

>>

>>

>>

>> [Moderator]

>> See PDF report at following:

>> http://nwhs.org/mailinglist/Huger_Tunnel_Assessment_Report.pdf

>> From:nw-mailing-list-bounces at nwhs.org

>> [mailto:nw-mailing-list-bounces at nwhs.org]

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>> Subject:Tunnel design question

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>>

>>

>> Does anyone know what factors went into the separated design of Huger or

>> Montgomery tunnels versus both tracks through the same bore like Elkhorn, 

>> Davy

>> and Roderfield?

>> Are there other separated tunnels (other than Hatfields, which were bored 

>> at

>> separate times?)

>> Michael Shockley

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>

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