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UER Forum > Archived US: South > rat race (Viewed 526 times)
musket boy 


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rat race
< on 9/5/2008 3:51 AM >
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Here's some pics from my last trip to the rat race with Alex, I noted which ones he took at the bottom, also a lot of these pics are from his website not mine because I was to lazy to upload them myself.

I
we started out in a small side tunnel not far from the entrance



II
for some reason it got bigger as we went upstream



III
it got way bigger



IV
and deeper



V
we didn't have a boat so we went back to the main tunnel



VI
here's me standing under what used to be a railroad bridge in the main tunnel

<by alex>

VII
standard Dallas arch



VIII
a completely plugged up side pipe



IX
the next section was brick



X
insane formations



XI
and rain



XII
after the brick was a section of corrugated steel coated with tar and mortar

<by alex>

XIII
and then some square concrete

<also by alex>

XIV
a steel pipe with water pouring out of it



XV
This water main marks the spot where we ended our previous trip, so from here on was new to us



XVI
another section of brick

<by alex>

XVII
I think this was a water main once, but now its unused, it went along the whole section of rbp like this



XVIII
the ceiling got lower (and square) again and Alex was tired so he took this last shot before I went on alone



XIX
at the end of the square section I came to some more brick, this would be the last section of tunnel before I reached the end



XX
which was a curbside drain on Jackson street



[last edit 9/5/2008 4:06 AM by musket boy - edited 2 times]

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Re: rat race
<Reply # 1 on 9/5/2008 4:06 AM >
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Cool stuff Musket.

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Re: rat race
<Reply # 2 on 9/5/2008 4:08 AM >
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Yeah. I like that old railroad bridge.
[last edit 9/5/2008 4:08 AM by Raticus - edited 1 times]

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Re: rat race
<Reply # 3 on 9/5/2008 4:11 AM >
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thanks, btw i forgot to make this a public thread, can you change it?

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Re: rat race
<Reply # 4 on 9/5/2008 4:16 AM >
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Got it.

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Re: rat race
<Reply # 5 on 9/5/2008 7:25 AM >
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wow awesome pics.
I got check this place out soon.

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Re: rat race
<Reply # 6 on 9/5/2008 1:56 PM >
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It seems a little counterintuitive to go in there the hard way... but oddly appealing.

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Re: rat race
<Reply # 7 on 9/5/2008 4:16 PM >
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Hey....


I think that is the same drain that was my very first (and thus far, only) drain that I've explored. Your pictures rock!


hey RobertB, is this the same drain?





Please excuse the goofiness of this picture. I'm scared of roaches.







Photo by RobertB


edit: I'm glad I got to go in there when I did, because after the car accident, there is no way I can bend down and walk that far... (the black tar part...)

edit #2 to add: I look like Baby Huey.
[last edit 9/5/2008 4:18 PM by Happiedaze - edited 2 times]

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Re: rat race
<Reply # 8 on 9/5/2008 5:16 PM >
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I'm sure it is -- I can't imagine that exact geometry existing anywhere else. I've been terribly tempted to drag a sledgehammer down there and uncover the remains of the other side, except that I'd end up exposing a bunch of dirt which would erode away in the next big rain and swallow up a significant municipal building.

My favorite pic from that trip:

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(Side note: I also wish I could bust through the basement of my grandparents' old place in Kentucky, built on the site of the entrance to family's old coal mine. Who's with me? )



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Re: rat race
<Reply # 9 on 9/5/2008 5:21 PM >
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(Side note: I also wish I could bust through the basement of my grandparents' old place in Kentucky, built on the site of the entrance to family's old coal mine. Who's with me? )


Now that sounds like fun to me. Count me in.

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Re: rat race
<Reply # 10 on 9/6/2008 5:49 AM >
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Posted by sUrD



Now that sounds like fun to me. Count me in.


Me too!!

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Re: rat race
<Reply # 11 on 9/7/2008 1:20 AM >
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So this is under Dallas? Could you add it to the database or at least tell me where the entrance you guys used is cause I would love to check it out sometime.

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Re: rat race
<Reply # 12 on 9/7/2008 1:30 AM >
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Posted by SenorOjo
So this is under Dallas? Could you add it to the database or at least tell me where the entrance you guys used is cause I would love to check it out sometime.


i think its in the db but they call it the big d drain

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Re: rat race
<Reply # 13 on 9/7/2008 2:39 AM >
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How'd the name "rat race" come about?

If the reason is compelling enough I'll change the DB, I just called it Big D cause it runs under downtown but I like Rat Race better.

(same with Beaver Drain in Ft Worth, thats what most people know it by)

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Re: rat race
<Reply # 14 on 9/7/2008 3:05 AM >
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Alex named it that after some rats he chased around in there back in '04 when he discovered the place

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Re: rat race
<Reply # 15 on 9/7/2008 3:10 AM >
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Its a similar story with the beaver tunnels, he spotted some nutria playing in the pond by the outfall and mistook them for beavers the name stuck

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