The Conococheague Mountain Tunnel was a proposed railroad tunnel in Perry County, Pennsylvania. It was originally planned as part of the

Path Valley Railroad The Path Valley Railroad was a proposed narrow gauge railroad in Perry and Franklin Counties, Pennsylvania, USA. Intended as an extension of the Newport and Shermans Valley Railroad, it was to begin at that railroad's terminus in New German ...

, with the intent to link the

Newport and Shermans Valley Railroad The Newport and Shermans Valley Railroad was a nineteenth-century, narrow gauge railroad in Pennsylvania. It ran from Newport, Pennsylvania to New Germantown, Pennsylvania. It carried lumber, and transferred it to the Pennsylvania Railroad ...

with the

East Broad Top Railroad The East Broad Top Railroad (EBT) is a narrow gauge historic and heritage railroad headquartered in Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania. Operating from 1871 to 1956, it is one of the nation's oldest and best-preserved narrow-gauge railroad ...

and the

Tuscarora Valley Railroad The Tuscarora Valley Railroad was a narrow gauge short-line railroad that operated in central Pennsylvania from 1891 to 1934. Construction and plans for extension The TVRR was chartered in April 1891 to build from a junction with the Pennsylvan ...

further west. Only about 100 feet of either end of the planned 2600 foot tunnel was completed in 1894. The partially completed tunnel exists in Big Spring State Forest Picnic Area and Tuscarora State Forest. The north portal of the tunnel is still visible, but fenced off. Conococheague-Mountain-Tunnel-2018-03-18

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Photo of uncompleted tunnel
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