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  1. A huge cut is being dug in the ridge of Pinkerton Horn to "daylight" the CSX railroad tunnel, to allow taller rail cars to use the line. At image center, through the trees, is Pinkerton low bridge, which was built for the Western Maryland Railway and is today used by the Great Allegheny Passage bike trail. Click on ...

  2. A huge cut is being dug in the ridge of Pinkerton Horn to "daylight" the CSX railroad tunnel, to allow taller rail cars to use the line. Huge piles of rock and dirt from the cut at image top left are being dumped on the top of the clearcut ridge, visible at image top center. This is a 360 degree view from the Pinkerton...

  3. A huge cut is being dug in the ridge of Pinkerton Horn to "daylight" the CSX railroad tunnel, to allow taller rail cars to use the line. Huge piles of rock and dirt from the cut at bottom are being dumped on the top of the clearcut ridge, visible beyond the trees at the center of this image. Down near the Casselman Riv...

  4. A huge cut is being dug in the ridge of Pinkerton Horn to "daylight" the CSX railroad tunnel, to allow taller rail cars to use the line. Huge piles of rock and dirt from the cut are being dumped on the top of the clearcut ridge, visible beyond the trees at the center of this image. At image left and right, near the Cas...

  5. Clearcut ridgetop at Pinkerton Horn, along the Great Allegheny Passage bike trail. Click on "View in Google Earth" for the best view. See also view from this location, one month earlier, when it was less scarred: gigapan.org/gigapans/89920/ view from upstream side of the horn: gigapan Will open in a new tab or window....

  6. Work crews are daylighting (digging out the ridge above) the CSX railroad tunnel visible at left so that taller rail cars can be run on this line. The Great Allegheny Passage bike trail and this CSX railroad follow the Casselman River here. Toward the center of the image, workers are cutting trees and excavating the ...

  7. It is sad to see that the healthy forest on top of Pinkerton Horn has been clearcut this year and this ridgetop will be used as a rock dumping ground. It's almost like we're stepping back 100 years to the bad old days when most of Pennsylvania's forests were clearcut. Here is a map of the two Pinkerton Tunnels and ...