The Old Gotthard Tunnel Route - Driver's Eye View [605135] Released: 2018-10-01 Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 Profit: $0 Runtime: 112 mins Popularity: 0.08 Vote Average: 0 Vote Count: 0 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… Cast [1] Jonathan KyddNarrator Hompage: https://www.video125.com/collections/new/products/the-old-gotthard-tunnel-route Trailers The Old Gotthard Tunnel Route Driver's eye view PREVIEW