Clinch Mountain Tunnel

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This tunnel unites Kermit and Speers Ferry VA in Scott County west of Gate City (see comment below).  The tunnel is over 4,000′ long.  This string is heading north.  Just behind me and to the right is a curve that creates banshee-like shrieks as the wheels negotiate it (how do trains, without a differential, as such, handle curves?  Read here.)