19th December 2018 Vienna, Austria
Awesome Austrian engineering: the Brenner Base Tunnel
Daylight fades as our vehicle enters the shaft. Ahead, a vast tunnel plunges into the mountain, fluorescent wall lights stretching into the haze ahead. Rumbling conveyor belts overhead bring debris from distant tunnel-boring machines towards the surface. We are visiting the Brenner Base Tunnel, at 64 kilometers (40 miles) the longest railway tunnel in the world. […]
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