The World's Longest Railroad Tunnel

The World's Longest Railroad Tunnel
Reuters

The Big Moment
Moritz Leuenberger, the Swiss Minister of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications, makes a speech before a drill machine begins to break through the rock to complete the 35.4-mile (57 km) Gotthard Base Tunnel.

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