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On this day in 1966, 60 years ago, the engineering colossus of Catesby Tunnel was retired from service just 68 years after it first started earning its keep.

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Portals of longer tunnels

Portals of longer tunnels

Discarded for a younger model next door, Colwall Old Tunnel is one of the country's longest disused bores at 1,567 yards.

Recently repaired and now home to bats, some locals have proposed Chipping Norton Tunnel as a diversionary route for lorries which currently clog up the town.

A structure which made history - Tyler Hill was the first tunnel on a passenger railway anywhere in the world. This is the south portal. Photo: Jonathan Baker

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Discarded for a younger model next door, Colwall Old Tunnel is one of the country's longest disused bores at 1,567 yards.

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June 2012

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Forgotten Relics records and celebrates the UK's disused railway structures, still standing as monuments to the period of ambition, courage and endeavour during which they were built.

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