when I was a little kid the 6 miles of new tunnel under Arthur’s Pass in the Southern Alps in New Zealand was a wonder to behold...
It was fascinating taking the train to Christchurch while Dad commented on the construction etc..
What would Dad say to this ???
:)
It will handle freight and passenger trains. I assume no hazmat.
There’s a tunnel for a cog train up to the Zugspitze my team rode on in the early 70s....long and pretty neat. It went to the Schneefernerhaus Haus Hotel/Ski resort. From there we went higher via a cable car to the US Military comm installation.
GottHard? Hehe.
California high speed rail is being built on level, open land at a cost of $550m per mile.
About $300m per mile is going to graft.
Probably not good for those of us with varying degrees of claustrophobia.
Choo-choos through Khazad’Dum!
They should name one engine Gandalf and the other Aragorn!
They will guide you through the depths of Moria!
Seems like an obvious target for Muslim terrorists. Hopefully they’ve got precautions in place.
Seventeen years? Then entire First Transcontinental Railroad didn’t take 6 years and was done by hand and sticks of dynamite.
Nothing more than a terrorist target. Enjoy your nerve gas attack...but don’t worry, there’s not many Muslims in Europe....
They started the tunnel from both ends and the middle.....the middle you say? Yep. They drilled shafts from the top of the mountain and lowered drilling equipment to start digging from there.
That's just those New York values surfacing..
Switzerland is one of the world’s best-kept secrets.
Gorgeous country and the people are truly great - absolutely awesome.