The Northfield Tunnel is an abandoned railroad tunnel under Northfield Mountain along the New York, Ontario & Western Railway near Merrickville, New York.
The Northfield Tunnel is an abandoned railroad tunnel under Northfield Mountain along the New York, Ontario & Western Railway near Merrickville, New York. The 1,639-foot tunnel was completed in 1890 to replace a series of switchbacks.
The anthracite coal-hauling railroad began to decline in the 1920s, and the company entered into voluntary bankruptcy in 1937. 2 It was ordered to be liquidated in 1957, with tracks removed on most of the line in 1959. 1
