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Creating the railway was one of the greatest human achievements in the field of transport. Over the last century it was created a huge number of ways for a variety of compositions. Some of them are in very exotic places, making these railways true landmark. Find these wonders can be all over the world. In this review - the most interesting of them.
1. Blumersky cut
One of the first railroad in the US state of California. The road is remarkable that takes place in the hills, and for its construction in the 1860s, it was necessary to build a wooden pier height of 30 meters and a length of 150 meters. Contemporaries of this construction called it "the eighth wonder of the world."
2. Railway in the 19-storey building
The Chinese Chongqing can find a very unusual house, the architects who made sure that the railroad runs through it. In fact, nothing surprising in such a composition is not - just this settlement is one of the most densely populated in the Middle Kingdom.
3. Trains in Hanoi
You want to see the railroad that passes through the most narrow streets in the world? If so, it is worth to visit Vietnam, namely Hanoi. Local is the location of the railway no longer seems dangerous. Moreover, almost always at the entrance to such sites are barriers.
4. Hindenburgdamm
In Germany, there are dike Hindenburgdamm, which is notable primarily to the fact that the railway runs along the top of it. Its length is 11 kilometers. It stretches from the island of Sylt to the mainland. The opening of this engineering miracle took place in 1927. Every day it runs over 100 trains.
5. The longest tunnel
Gotthard base tunnel is one of the longest rail tunnel in the world. It provides high-speed link through the Swiss Alps between northern and southern Europe. Its length is 57 kilometers. The official opening of the complex took place in 2016.
6. Viaduct
In the Swiss commune of parallel bars can be found devyatiarochny single-track railway bridge in the form of a loop, which is also the viaduct. Today, the train goes over it. viaduct length is 110 meters. The angle of inclination of the longitudinal - 7%.
7. Train on the runway
In New Zealand, a regional airport Gisborne is most unusual railroad that runs right along the runway. When the planes begin to land or take off, all trains stranded on this stretch of railway track, immediately stop.
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