This is the last tunnel on what is now the mostly abandoned N&S line coming from Knoxville to Cumberland Gap. This is Greer tunnel, close to a feature called “Greer Lake” (not seeing a Greer Lake, folks) and New Tazewell. This portal, the northwest, is at 36.423103, -83.591183. The tunnel, soggy and drippy, seems to be about 350′ long. The history of this railroad and the changes in its trackage provide interesting reading.
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Blogging the Railroad Tunnels 
Greer Lake was actually a spring which the Tazewells obtained their drinking water after several typhoid outbreaks.
Good thinking on their part! Thank you for the comment!