Gallitizin Tunnels Park & Museum

I returned to wait till I shot photos of trains outside the entrance of the tunnel. Was also able to see the museum; there is a DVD about the history of the tunnels, number of mining and PRR related artifacts and of particular note, photos of NS’ modernization of the tunnel.

Very highly overrated. That was perhaps because I went during a lull period, but you don’t see everything that you would if you were at the Horseshoe Curve or at Cresson. You might want to miss this part unless you just want a picture of the tunnel way, because it’s not really main line stuff and it is something that you don’t need to stick around all day near.
Try Cassandra or a Cresson if you really want to see them pass. This is just a place to spend no more than 2 hours at.

After our visit to the Allegheny Portage NPS it seemed fitting to take a quick swing over to the landmark tunnels that put them out of business. Thankfully this place has lots of signage all around the area because it’s off the beaten path in the middle of a residential area.
We showed up right on time as within about two minutes we felt the rumble and saw the headlight of a train getting ready to emerge from the tunnel. We got to the overlook bridge just in time to catch an 80+ car NS trash train right as it came out of the tunnel.
Have a sinus issue? Catch this baby from the bridge and you will be cured because not only does it stink as it’s going beneath you but the smell continues to waft out of the tunnel for a good ten minutes after the train is long gone.
It’s sort of a… Gallitzin Dutch Oven.
As for the museum, supposedly the hours are Tuesday-​Sunday from 12pm-​5pm.
We were there in the 4pm hour and nothing was open. The caboose still has hours listed from 2011 on the door so naturally that was also closed.
It was disappointing that the caboose/​museum were not open but it was still a fascinating look at some living history and we were thankful to see the tunnel in action as well.