RAILSCOT | Video: Catesby Tunnel [Rail Engineer]

Video: Catesby Tunnel [Rail Engineer]

Date: 30/09/2020

After 54 years of redundancy, one of the Great Central Railway^s most iconic structures is on the brink of a new life as an aerodynamic testing facility. Catesby Tunnel, which is 1.7 miles in length, was built from nine shafts at a remarkably quick average rate of 110 yards per month.

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