Looking north through these two short (this one is 308′, the yonder one is 236′) tunnels crossing a bend in the Clinch River (36.709679N, 82.646909W) in Scott County VA. As I’ve mentioned before, the date there is when this tunnel was faced up. The line blasted through in the early 1900s. About a mile up the track, at Starnes Bend, is Starnes Tunnel. If you backtrack for about seven miles, you’ll hit the Clinchport Tunnel in the Town of Clinchport.
Blogging the Railroad Tunnels 
Several tunnels close together. Interesting!
The Loops in North Carolina also have some tunnels close together.