Tunnel design question

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Hope we can work it out to get it onto the server!
On August 26, 2010 at 3:55 PM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:


> Gene,

>         Yes there are. I found them while I was performing Pocahontas Division

>research. Perhaps if there is interest I will make them available to or via the

>NWHS Archives and they could be accessed as part of that program. Some are very

>large files and I wouldn't want to endanger or "crash" the LIST.

>

> Mason Cooper 

>

> [Moderator how do you think we should handle this?]

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: nw-mailing-list-bounces at nwhs.org

> [mailto:nw-mailing-list-bounces at nwhs.org] On Behalf Of NW Mailing List

> Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 11:13 AM

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> Subject: RE: Tunnel design question

>

> Fascinating reading and great pictures of the "before"

> 

> Are similar reports available for the other tunnels on the Pocahontas Sub?

> They'd be great resource for me when I start modeling it.

> 

> Gene

>

> On August 26, 2010 at 12:06 PM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>

> wrote:

>

>

> > --> --> Thanks for the information.  Did the under cutting occur, or did the

> > liner get notched?

> > 

> > R.D. Williams

> > 

> > 

> >

> > From:nw-mailing-list-bounces at nwhs.org

> > [mailto:nw-mailing-list-bounces at nwhs.org] On Behalf OfNW Mailing List

> > Sent:Thursday, August 26, 2010 6:55 AM

> > To:NW Mailing List

> > Subject:RE: Tunnel design question

> >

> > 

> > Mike,

> >                 I am attaching the engineering study for Huger Tunnel.  It

> >is

> > a large file and I hope the moderator will allow it to go through.  In this

> > you will find what options were considered and why they chose the one that

> > they did. A lot of thought went into this as you will see. If you want to

> > re-visit the good old days, hopefully we will have something for you to read

> > about Christmas.

> > Mason Cooper

> >

> >

> >

> > [Moderator]

> > See PDF report at following:

> > http://nwhs.org/mailinglist/Huger_Tunnel_Assessment_Report.pdf

> > From:nw-mailing-list-bounces at nwhs.org

> > [mailto:nw-mailing-list-bounces at nwhs.org]

> > [mailto:nw-mailing-list-bounces at nwhs.org] On Behalf OfNW Mailing List

> > Sent:Tuesday, August 24, 2010 1:15 PM

> > To:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org [mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org]

> > Subject:Tunnel design question

> >

> >

> > 

> > Does anyone know what factors went into the separated design of Huger or

> > Montgomery tunnels versus both tracks through the same bore like Elkhorn,

> > Davy

> > and Roderfield?

> > Are there other separated tunnels (other than Hatfields, which were bored at

> > separate times?)

> > Michael Shockley

> >

> >

> > 

> >

> >

> >

>

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