The Old Gotthard Tunnel Route - Driver's Eye View

The Old Gotthard Tunnel Route - Driver's Eye View

2018
1h 52m
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Overview

The original Gotthard railway tunnel through the Swiss Alps, took ten years to build and cost 147 lives. It was a mammoth undertaking and required the construction of long ramps on either side totalling 85 miles. Dozens of tunnels, viaducts and bridges were necessary. The ruling gradient of 1 in 37 was deemed to be just about the maximum that the original steam locomotives could handle, even then, trains were usually double-headed and even had banking engines attached at the rear! In order even to keep to this severe gradient, the engineers had to construct a number of additional spiral tunnels to gain height, hewn out of solid rock…

Status: Released

Language: EN

Production Information

Production Companies
Video 125
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
English

Quick Facts

Release Date October 1, 2018
Status Released
Language EN
Website Visit Site

Cast

Jonathan Kydd
Jonathan Kydd

Narrator

Key Crew

Peter Middleton
Producer
Peter Middleton
Writer

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