View source for Tunnels of the South Pacific Coast Railway 1887-1909

[[Narrow_Gauge_Railroads_of_California|California]] / [[Narrow_Gauge_Railroads_of_California#Common Carrier|Common Carrier]] / [[South Pacific Coast Railway]]

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|+Tunnels of the [[South Pacific Coast Railway]]
|-
!No.
!Location
!Built By
!Year Open
!Original Length
!Enlarged for Standard Gauge
!Abandoned
!Notes
|-
|1
|1.4 miles south of Los Gatos 
|SPCRR
|March 1880
|191 feet
|Daylighted 1903<ref>''Santa Cruz Morning Sentinel'' February 25, 1903, page 1</ref> 
|n/a
|When the dual gauge was extended to Wrights the railroad temporarily bypassed the tunnel until it could be daylighted.
|-
|2
|Between Wright's and Highland
|SPCRR
|April 1880
|6,150 feet
|October 1907<ref>''Santa Cruz Weekly Sentinel'' October 19, 1907, page 15</ref>
|November 1940<ref name="abandon">''Santa Cruz Evening News'' November 8, 1940, page 1</ref>
|December 1892-Massive slide at Wright's end closes the mainline.<ref>''San Francisco Call'' December 30, 1893, page 2</ref> Through trains resumed April 1893.<ref>''Santa Cruz Daily Sentinel'' April 19, 1893, page 2</ref> Concrete tunnel portal, dam, and spillway completed November 1893<ref>''Santa Cruz Daily Sentinel'' October 19, 1893, page 3</ref> April 18, 1906 earthquake closes tunnel.
|-
|3
|Between Highland and Glenwood
|SPCRR
|October 1879
|5,850 feet
|May 1909<ref>''San Francisco Call'' May 29, 1909, page 6</ref>
|November 1940<ref name="abandon"></ref>
|
|-
|4
|South of Clem's
|SPCRR
|December 1878
|912 feet
|December 1907<ref name="dec1907">''San Francisco Call'' December 1, 1907, page 23</ref>
|November 1940<ref name="abandon"></ref>
|
|-
|5
|0.5 miles north of Doughtery's 
|SPCRR
|February 1879<ref>''Santa Cruz Sentinel'' February 22, 1879, page 3</ref> 
|300 feet
|December 1907<ref name="dec1907"></ref>
|November 1940<ref name="abandon"></ref>
|
|-
|6
|1 mile south of Big Trees
|SPCRR
|December 1879
|338 feet
|December 1907<ref name="dec1907"></ref>
|January 1993<ref>''Santa Cruz Sentinel'' January 23, 1993, page 1</ref>
|Tunnel abandon due to fire. ''Santa Cruz Big Trees & Pacific Railway'' trains rerouted onto the 1875 [[Santa Cruz & Felton Railroad]] right-of-way.
|-
|7
|0.25 miles south of Rincon
|SPCRR
|October 1879<ref>''Santa Cruz Sentinel'' October 4, 1879, page 3</ref>
|282 feet
|Daylighted 1895<ref>''Santa Cruz Morning Sentinel'' March 23, 1895, page 3</ref>
|n/a
|Tunnel partially collapsed on March 27, 1895 while enlarging for standard gauge. Tunnel was daylighted.<ref>''Santa Cruz Daily Sentinel'' March 29, 1895, page 3</ref>
|-
|8
|Misson Hill, Santa Cruz
|SC&FRR
|October 1876
|918 feet
|1905<ref>''Santa Cruz Morning Sentinel'' January 5, 1905, page 3</ref>
|Still in use
|
|}

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