railway tunnel

Underground track corridor

A railway tunnel is a tunnel constructed for trains to pass through, typically bored through mountains, hills, or under bodies of water where surface routes would be impractical or impossible.

Railway tunnels range from short passages through ridges to engineering feats spanning miles: The Channel Tunnel connects England and France beneath the English Channel.

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darkness · locomotive · subway · mountain · passage · echo · steam · ventilation · concrete · boring machine · engineering · shaft · portal · headlights · rumble · train horn · track · narrow gauge

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infrastructure approach to obstacles

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Span for train tracks

railroad bridge · elevated railway · railway overpass · elevated track · trestle

enclosure vs. openness

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Unoccupied communication path

infrastructure type for crossing obstacles

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Span for train tracks

railway overpass · elevated railway · trestle bridge · aqueduct · causeway

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G