Two of the Tunnel Boring Machines being built in Germany are the subject of the English press.
https://leamingtonobserver.co.uk/news/massive-hs2-tunnel-boring-machines-unveiled-19546/
This PR stuff is all over the daily newspapers. Sorry to see this flood of marketing here too.
As usual, New Civil Engineer is has a more sober header than daily newspapers.
Progress revealed on HS2 tunnel boring machines
https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/progress-revealed-on-hs2-tunnel-boring-machines-27-05-2020/
The TBMs, which are due to be delivered to the Align joint venture this autumn, will be the first multi-mode machines used in the UK. Align’s partners -
Even the naming competition for these TBMs is controversial
representatives did not acknowledge local outrage over a to name two tunnelling machines which will dig under The .
Preparation has begun for the arrival of HS2’s first giant tunnelling machines at what will become the south portal of the 10-mile long Chiltern tunnel
A 17-metre high headwall at what will become the south portal of the 10-mile long HS2 Chiltern tunnel has been completed.
Interesting wordplay from The Times
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/hs2-welcomes-two-boring-germans-n0nfnhv3m
Cecilia and Florence are Germans of prodigious girth, weighing about 2,000 tonnes each and destined to spend most of their working life scraping away the earth somewhere beneath the Chilterns.The
cover tunnel photo by: Matt Brown from London, England / CC BY
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https://leamingtonobserver.co.uk/news/massive-hs2-tunnel-boring-machines-unveiled-19546/
Massive HS2 tunnel-boring machines unveiled
leamingtonobserver.co.ukFirst image of massive Tunnel Boring Machines set to be put to work on controversial high-speed rail project HS2 released.