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The actual tunnel under the Bering Strait is only small part of the challenge as the end points of that tunnel are quite a long ways from any existing railways.
by shkkmo 5y ago
The actual tunnel under the Bering Strait is only small part of the challenge as the end points of that tunnel are quite a long ways from any existing railways. There would be thousands of miles of rails to lay through difficult terrain.
- lumost 5y agoAnd the two endpoints have had a strong dislike for each other more often than not for the last 100 years.
- Ericson2314 5y agoShouldn'ta sold it!
- thghtihadanacct 5y agoOh, hindsight! Got me again. seriously tho, that tunnel would be useless currently.
- Ericson2314 5y agoYeah not disputing that, just pointing out the Russians might rather extend the trans-siberian railroad to their own colony.