LOFTY TUNNEL IN KLINE TOWNSHIP

Dominic Deeble/Special to TamaquaArea.com
Dominic Deeble/Special to TamaquaArea.com

Pictured are a few photos of the Lofty Tunnel in Kline Township courtesy of Dominic Deeble of Lined and Locked Photography. The tunnel, which travels below Interstate 81 near the village of Lofty, was abandoned 39 years ago. In addition, train tracks were removed shortly thereafter.

Click HERE for a related story (dated February 4, 2014) in the Republican Herald newspaper titled, “Lofty Tunnel;  A Leftover ‘Ghost’ of Anthracite Heyday”.

Click HERE for images and stories related to the Lofty Tunnel via a Google search.

Below are two YouTube videos  (dated October 2011) courtesy of heplers1 channel on YouTube:

Below photos courtesy of Dominic Deeble of Lined and Locked Photography:
Lofty Tunnel, from Dominic Deeble, Kline Township, 5-25-2015 (1) Lofty Tunnel, from Dominic Deeble, Kline Township, 5-25-2015 (2) Lofty Tunnel, from Dominic Deeble, Kline Township, 5-25-2015 (4)

2 comments

  1. Thanks for the memories, I used too walk through that tunnel when I was a kid too go fishing down lofty dam, now it is blocked and you cant” get too it any more.

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