This is the Stewart Train Tunnel in Wisconsin. Last weekend some friends took us on a hike through the woods to see the thing.
The tunnel is about 20 degrees colder than the outside air and about a 1/2 a mile long. Our friends suggested we walk through the tunnel without a flashlight. It is pitch black inside and constant gobs of chilly water drip down on your head.
At a certain point near the middle you can’t see any difference between the entrance and the exit. They both become equally tiny pinpricks of light. You get the unnerving idea that neither pinprick is getting any closer no matter how fast you walk! That is the exact moment one of our friends whispered:
"You know, more than 100 people died making this tunnel..."
Yikes.
Given the option, I don’t think I’d like to die building a train tunnel in 1888. Yep. Not for me, thanks anyway.
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