Inside Haie Hill tunnel
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Inside Haie Hill tunnel by John Winder as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © John Winder Taken: 13 Jun 2020
A not-very-good photo of the interior of Haie Hill tunnel. The far end, just over 1000 yards away, is visible. The tunnel is on a rising gradient of 1 in 56, heading west: it could take a train of empties up to five minutes to pass through. Five minutes on the footplate of a hard-working steam loco in the confines of an unventilated tunnel can't have been much fun. I took this standing precariously atop a rather rickety pile of logs which someone had piled up at the base of the brick wall which prevents access to the tunnel (see Image]): climbing up was tricky enough, but taking a photo on a long exposure was even more difficult, so cut me some slack regarding the quality of the shot! Better pics can be found at http://www.forgottenrelics.co.uk/tunnels/gallery/haiehill.html
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