Intact 100 Year Old Sunken Railway in Sherkston, Ontario

Ron Travis · **Joined:** Sun May 15, 2005 2:22 pm **Posts:** 1543

That is quite an elaborate railroad layout with tracks, locomotives, rolling stock all laid out and resting in the bottom of a submerged quarry. It is also surprisingly accessible to divers.

JimBoylan · **Posted:** Fri Aug 30, 2019 5:22 pm

As for Zebra Mussels, someone who didn't clean their gear properly brought the critters to Dutch Springs along the Lehigh & New England, now Norfolk Southern, near Hecktown, Pa. I helped them add an ex-S.E.P.T.A. Kansas City PCC car to their sunken inventory. (Hecktown is on the other side of Bethlehem from Hellertown, closer to Nazareth.)
The Willow Springs Park in Millardsville, Pa. flooded about 1930, has a shorter railroad, and more recently, an ex New Haven RR ConRail caboose.

weekendrailroader · **Joined:** Wed Mar 31, 2010 12:02 am **Posts:** 293

So...the proverbial steam locomotive sunken in the old quarry isn't a myth. How 'bout that.

John T · **Joined:** Sun Sep 14, 2014 5:05 pm **Posts:** 1228

All sorts of things left in quarries.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug6hmnUvTps

after restoration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paFaA2WKCGY

QJdriver · **Posted:** Thu Aug 04, 2022 9:54 pm

It's getting deep in here.

Frisco1522 · **Posted:** Sat Aug 06, 2022 1:00 pm

I'd be very cautious posting articles about locomotives in quarries.

Intact 100 Year Old Sunken Railway in Sherkston, Ontario

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