Another super engineering in China shocks the world

[powastick]

MengHua railway, heavy haul freight railway for coal.

Thx

 

[GumNaam]

This is Chinese "Elephant Walk":

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This is the original "Elephant Walk":

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Which is more awesome? Take your pick

First one builds and sustains engine the second one kills and destroys. If the second doesn't cease and desist from her ways then the first one is more than capable of playing the same game and turn the tables!

 

[zectech]

There are some valid reasons that most of China's high speed rail tracks are laid on bridges:

1. Save farm land;
2. Save demolition and allocation costs;
3. Avoid accidents caused by pedestrians and animals;
4. Much less uneven ground settlement and shift, which is critical to high speed rail.

Reminds me of this: