With support from the University of Richmond

History News Network puts current events into historical perspective. Subscribe to our newsletter for new perspectives on the ways history continues to resonate in the present. Explore our archive of thousands of original op-eds and curated stories from around the web. Join us to learn more about the past, now.

Virginia town targets mystery train's secrets [audio 6min]

In 1925, the Church Hill Tunnel caved in while a train was passing through it. At least two workers were killed at the site in southern Virginia, and the locomotive was never recovered. But now there are plans to uncover the site, which has inspired many local legends and mysteries. Preliminary drilling of"spy holes" is expected to begin on July 10. Melissa Block talks with Mark Holmberg, staff writer for the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Holmberg is one of the few living people left who has been inside the tunnel.
Read entire article at NPR "All Things Considered"