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The Gallitzin tunnel
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Stereoscope of a tunnel through the Alleghenies.

Credit: Courtesy of the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania

In 1854 the Pennsylvania Railroad bored a 3,612-ft. tunnel through the Alleghenies to complete its all rail route across the state. The Gallitzin tunnel and Horseshoe Curve both opened on February 15, 1854.

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