The tunnel was feature of the Southern Railway's cut-off project around Lynchburg. Begun in 1906. Finished in 1911.

I am standing on 12th St., mentioned in the article

Building the tunnel turned out to be a real headache for the Southern, as the article hints at.

Nice action shot of a 1903 Alco-Schenectady built Pacific heading up a passenger train in Lynchburg, VA. Specifics - 72" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 22x28" drivers, engine weight of 190,000 lb, tractive effort of 31,998 lb. The actual day in 1941 is approximate. C.W. Jernstrom photo

Union Station in downtown Lynchburg is long gone, as is the concrete bridge in the background. X Tower, behind the engine, still stands. Date approximate.

Note trestle is double tracked. Single tracked c. 1961. Date of photo approximate.

Note C&O "Doodlebug", its James River service, is parked to the left. Date approximate.

The eastbound Pocahontas boards passengers to the right. Date approximate.

The joint Southern/Norfolk & Western "Tennessean" heads north after its Lynchburg stop, passing in front of the lens of Charles Knox Freericks' Argus A Anistigmat. The train is being pulled by one of N&W's majestic J 4-8-4s. This was a Memphis to New York to train. To its left is a gantry crane. Above it is the Craddock-Terry Shoe Company factory.

Date is the processing date on the slide.