23 Responses to “about the train tunnel”

1. posted by john at June 27, 2006 7:25 am :
   

   nbc12 also

2. posted by john at June 27, 2006 7:27 am :
   

   and the RTD

3. posted by MaxPower at June 27, 2006 8:32 am :
   

   I’ve always heard that the death count of “an engineer and two workers” never include black workers.

   Also, this tunnel collapse is the origination of the Richmond Vampire myth too.

4. posted by Anonymous at June 27, 2006 9:09 am :
   

   Vampire myth? Do tell.

5. posted by Lane at June 27, 2006 10:23 am :
   

   one of the better sites for info on the richmond vampire story:

   http://virginiaghosts.com/vampire_update.htm

6. posted by Anonymous at June 27, 2006 11:07 am :
   

   I think this is really interesting and I would love to see what they find when they dig it up but can the City really afford to do this anytime soon? We don’t have enough police officers, the Sherrifs office doesn’t have enough in the budget to support inmate cleaning crews, well…I can go on and on. The train has been there for 80 years. It’s not going anywhere. The City of Richmond has BIG problems that need to be taken care of NOW!

7. posted by john at June 27, 2006 11:16 am :
   

   RTD - “Wilder’s press secretary, Linwood Norman, said the city will not be contributing public funds to the effort. “

8. posted by Anonymous at June 27, 2006 11:18 am :
   

   Good. Let’s dig it up then!

9. posted by Anonymous at June 27, 2006 1:09 pm :
   

   Perhaps this will draw some attention to the somewhat sorry state of this park after the flood of almost two years ago. But, compared to whomever is responsible for maintaining Cedar Street up the hill from the bottom, I guess it is a relative jewel.

10. posted by john at June 27, 2006 8:36 pm :
    

    The RTD has a neat map.

11. posted by Ms. Pork Chopette at June 27, 2006 9:21 pm :
    

    Hello Max,

    Au Contraire…about what you heard concerning the train tunnel collapse in Richmond, VA in 1925. Richard Lewis, a Black man was a regular worker. He was buried alive on that awful day. There were many day workers, respectively. Richard Lewis was always a regular worker all year.

12. posted by john at June 28, 2006 7:52 am :
    

    Mark Holmberg has a write up in today’s RTD.

13. posted by Anonymous at June 28, 2006 10:06 am :
    

    Anybody know where one could find a map of the full tunnel length? The RTD map is merely of Jefferson Hill.

14. posted by Nick at June 28, 2006 11:17 am :
    

    Can’t you all see what’s going on here? Digging up this train is merely an excuse to reopen the tunnel so as to provide access to the Fulton Hill ballpark site from the highway exit at 17th st. I think it’s a brilliant move. Go Braves!

15. posted by Anonymous at June 28, 2006 11:31 am :
    

    Yes, and the city can use all the extra sand they used to fill the tunnel to build a nice beach on the James. HA!

16. posted by Bob at June 28, 2006 11:37 am :
    

    Hey, the feds ultimately gave Boston $14.6 billion for their tunnel (http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/1219/p02s01-ussc.html). We could build one through Church Hill for half that! Heck, for that kind of money, we could build a tunnel to the Outer Banks.

17. posted by john at June 28, 2006 6:22 pm :
    

    and now it is on npr’s All Thing’s Considered…

18. posted by vquinn at June 29, 2006 1:06 am :
    

    NPR?? ATC?? Richmond is bigtime! Now if we could just get National Guard troops to patrol the streets! I do think that this is cool…

19. posted by Anonymous at June 29, 2006 11:00 am :
    

    Why do we need the National Guard? Doesn’t the Richmond Police Department do a good enough job for you?

20. posted by john at July 10, 2006 8:37 pm :
    

    nbc12.com interviews Arvel Phife and Osborne Cash who both witnessed the tunnel collapse.

21. posted by David Mulligan at July 11, 2006 5:26 pm :
    

    My great-grandfather was Tom Mason the engineer. The exploration of this tunnnel, if done, should be with with reverence to all those who died there.

22. posted by A. Warren at July 14, 2006 2:15 pm :
    

    A map showing the church hill tunnel route is found at http://www.piedmontsub.com/maps/RichmondMap.jpg

23. posted by Rufus M.G. at July 16, 2006 12:45 pm :
    

    yes i have also read a history book of the unlisted workers that walked up on job site to be hired for day

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