mole Wrote:
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> The semi-mythical train to Mt. Weather is (was)
> not underground and the article didn't claim it to
> be a tunnel. It's not really secret and not a
> regular scheduled run for that matter.
>
> There are tunnels under most of the buildings.
> With respect to the Executive Office Building it
> isn't so much a tunnel but interconnected
> basements. The White house itself is much too
> small for all the offices and infrastructure for
> communications and support, so most of the area
> below the surface of the grounds has basement
> levels which connect to the Executive Office
> building next door. These are much more extensive
> than the basements and tunnels under the
> congressional office buildings.
>
> Not all the other tunnels are regularly used. It
> was proposed for Metro to expand the "secret"
> subways that was too costly and never came to
> fruition. It is usually considered faster and
> safer for the President to travel above ground to
> local destinations in the area.
Of course this is all true.
The parody of Whitehouse.gov site says it true!
You can even eat in the White House.
https://whitehouse.gov1.info/tunnel/