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China’s Sichuan-Tibet rail project at full steam – with fans and ice as machines melt, workers wilt
Line has 70 tunnels, One tunnel over 40km long
cover tunnel photo by: Matt Brown from London, England / CC BY
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https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3156253/chinas-sichuan-tibet-rail-project-full-steam-fans-and-ice
Sichuan-Tibet rail project cuts through rocks too hot for humans, machines
www.scmp.comHeat from Earth’s crust forces engineers to cool things down on the most challenging rail construction in history, including 70 tunnels through remote terrain.