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CSX Howard Street Tunnel Project


CSX Howard Street Tunnel Project
Creating Sufficient Clearance for Double-Stack Consists
Along the former B&O Belt Line
These photos date from late-March 2025, also see mid-March photos

Click a photo to see a larger view. Please send your comments and corrections to Steve.


From Sisson Street overpass (at former Huntingdon Avenue Yard)
Shuttlewagon staging area
Shuttlewagon staging area
Huntingdon Ave bridge
Huntingdon Ave bridge
sigs still illuminated
sigs still illuminated
standoff
standoff
delivery from HST
delivery from HST
supplies for HST
supplies for HST
loading supplies
loading supplies
'Skanska' tunnel
"Skanska" tunnel
pre-formed slab
pre-formed slab
loading onto flatcar
loading onto flatcar
two more plus mixer (?)
two more plus mixer (?)
pushing back to HST
pushing back to HST

North Avenue
CSX uses two on left
CSX uses two on left
Shuttlewagon on way
Shuttlewagon on way
whittled to keystone
whittled to keystone
steel yet to come
steel yet to come

Under Mount Royal Trainshed
note track lower by ~5 feet, yellow circles are HST ventilation fans adjacent its north portal doors
mixer offloaded on right
mixer offloaded on right
pushing into tunnel
pushing into tunnel
one person on duty
one person on duty
remote control chipping
remote control chipping

Adjacent Mount Royal Avenue light rail stop
under Mount Royal Ave
under Mount Royal Ave
south to Mt Royal Ave
south to Mt Royal Ave
looking north
looking north
north under Howard St
north under Howard St

Between Charles and St. Paul Streets relatively quiet
left wall dates to 2014
left wall dates to 2014
west to Charles St
west to Charles St
east to St. Paul St
east to St. Paul St
under St. Paul St
under St. Paul St

Between Calvert Street and Guilford Avenue
west to Calvert St
west to Calvert St
was Guilford Ave
was Guilford Ave
to pick up trash
to pick up trash
measure twice, cut once
measure twice, cut once

Packing Up between Calvert Street and Guilford Avenue
pick up discards
pick up discards
reach
reach
release
release
drop, almost done
drop, almost done

You might enjoy earlier photos and Belt Line tour at this site

Offsite links: basic project info, Trains mag

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