Watched Nova on PBS last evening entitled "London Super Tunnel" amazing 26 mile tunnel under London and Thames. I think it has something for everyone's interest! Engineering, construction, building of 70 trainsets , and computer control (normal bugs !). Its an hour well spent!
Consult your local listings!!
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Going to watch it tonight on channel 21 LI PBS station.
@Scotie posted:Going to watch it tonight on channel 21 LI PBS station.
What did you think of the program!!
Enjoyed it. Thought some of the narration tried overly hard to be melodramatic. What I found interesting was making each stop "fit" in with the surrounding area, London can change dramatically in few blocks.
Wondered about the auto-back-up feature that took so long to develop. Wondered if they thought of just having an additional driver wait on the platform, get in do the reverse and get out and wait for the next train. Probably heading towards driver-less given the number of industrial actions.
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