Subject: MXUS international rail tunnel collapses<br/>
Date: Sep 20, 2004 @ 01:19<br/>
Author: Lowell G. McManus (&quot;Lowell G. McManus&quot; &lt;mcmanus71496@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1634024981">A brush fire last week that started in Mexico and spread into the USA has done<br/>
significant damage to four miles of railway.  Most importantly, the fire burned<br/>
out the timber supports within the only international railway tunnel between the<br/>
two countries, causing both portals to collapse.<br/>
<br/>
The 598-foot tunnel (569.5 feet in the American state of California and 28.5<br/>
feet in the Mexican state of Baja California) was built in 1915.  At the<br/>
boundary within the tunnel, the rails of Carizzo Gorge Railway meet those of<br/>
Ferrocarriles Peninsulares del Noroeste.<br/>
<br/>
The tunnel and rail line are expected to be reopened in due time.<br/>
<br/>
Lowell G. McManus<br/>
Leesville, Louisiana, USA</div>