Freeburg Tunnel
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| Freeburg Tunnel | |
|---|---|
| Carries | Formerly 1 track of the Rock Island railroad |
| Crosses | Beneath the city of Freeburg, Missouri |
| Design | Concrete Tunnel |
| Opening date | 1901 |
| Destruction date | 1981 |
The Freeburg Tunnel is a railway tunnel in Missouri. It was built in 1901 by the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad, and abandoned in 1981, after the Kansas City Terminal Railway took over for a year, and dropped out of this line from Kansas City, Missouri to St. Louis, Missouri. This is tunnel number one of four on this line.
The owner of the line is a power company by the name of Ameren UE.
Tunnel two is the Koesltown Tunnel
Tunnel three is the Eugene Tunnel
Tunnel four is the Vale Tunnel
