There is a project underway in Switzerland to build some more tunnels, so trains from Zurich to Italy (Milan) don't have to go OVER the Alps but can go through, which will cut a fair amount of time off the journey. The famous Gotthard, of course, is part of this project, but there are also some smaller mountains being tunnelled. Last Saturday or local bit of to-be-built tunnel had an open day, and we could not resist the temptation of visiting a traintunnel-in-the-making.
It was beautifully done, as you'll see from the pictures a lot of effort has gone into presentation for the open day and we thoroughly enjoyed it. The atmosphere down in the tunnel, with rows upon rows of big machines on display, was very surreal... we figured the whole site might well double up as the setting for a sci-fi movie a la Alien. Make up your own mind - here are a few pictures.
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| The whole open day was set up with love, as these pictures show |
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| Simply impressive (...whatever it is...) |
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| We were not the only interested guests... |
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| Welcome to the Ceneri tunnel |
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Here be diggers... and their friends.
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| Definitely Alien-esque machines. |
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And very clever machines too...
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Heavy Plants Clubbing ?
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| A liked the warning signs on the machines. |
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| M liked the Mesh |
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