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My first trip by hi-rail trip into the recently opened St. Clair River Tunnel, travelling the entire length of the tunnel to Signal 617 at CN Port Huron then reversing back to Sarnia. The St. Clair River Tunnel is 6,129 feet (1,868 m) from portal to portal with a bore diameter of 27 feet 6 inches (8.38 m). The tunnel would be later named Paul M. Tellier Tunnel.
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Caption: My first trip by hi-rail trip into the recently opened St. Clair River Tunnel, travelling the entire length of the tunnel to Signal 617 at CN Port Huron then reversing back to Sarnia. The St. Clair River Tunnel is 6,129 feet (1,868 m) from portal to portal with a bore diameter of 27 feet 6 inches (8.38 m). The tunnel would be later named Paul M. Tellier Tunnel.

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Terry O'Shell [215] (more) (contact)
Date: 05/24/1995 (search)
Railway: Canadian National (search)
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Train Symbol: Not Provided
Subdivision/SNS: St. Clair River Tunnel, Strathroy Sub., Mile 60.00 (search)
City/Town: Sarnia (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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6 Comments
  1. First954
    June 2, 2026 at 11:29 am

    What an interesting view!!!

  2. Paul O'Shell
    June 2, 2026 at 12:18 pm

    What a great ‘at work’ photo!
    A nice memory of what it was like being in Operations Engineering every day. :-)

  3. Noe
    June 2, 2026 at 4:56 pm

    Very neat photo Terry.

  4. terry.oshell
    June 2, 2026 at 7:36 pm

    Thanks to LP for working his magic on this photo.

  5. terry.oshell
    June 2, 2026 at 7:39 pm

    Thanks for your comments. I was very fortunate to have had many great experiences throughout my railroad career.

  6. L. Parks
    June 2, 2026 at 7:53 pm

    Thanks Terry. :-)
    What a great shot out the window, we get to see things that we typicaly never get to see. Bonus that it’s from the cab of a hi-rail.
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