Vale Tunnel

Vale Tunnel

Infobox_Bridge
bridge_name= Vale Tunnel
crosses= Bannister Road
carries= formerly 1 track of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad
open= 1905
closed= 1981
design= Concrete Tunnel
locale= Kansas City, Missouri

The Vale Tunnel is a railway tunnel south of Raytown, Missouri, but is actually located in Kansas City, Missouri. It was built by the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad in 1905, and is tunnel four of a total of five on the entire Rock Island railroad. The tunnel is part of the Kansas City, Missouri to St. Louis, Missouri line, and travels beneath Bannister Road, in south Kansas City. In 1980, the Rock Island filed bankruptcy, was liquidated in court, with tunnel and the line being sold to St. Louis Southwesten (AKA Cotten Belt).

The Kansas City Terminal Railway used the line for about a year, but it was too far in disrepair to continue use of that line.The tunnel is 441 feet long.

There have been several owners of the line since 1980, after the Rock Island went bankrupt. Although there have been several court battles over the threat of the reopening of the line, it remains to be the property of the Union Pacific Railroad, and remains embargoed (unused) at this time. Most of the line remains intact as does the tunnel, except for a few places where it has been cut for road improvements. It is doubtful that the line will ever be reopened.

The next tunnel on this line is the Eugene Tunnel.


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