Check out this amazing (or as the Canadians say - awesome) piece of engineering. In about 1907 they needed to get through/over/under/around this mountain so they built a track that went up and over. The trains got up ok, but on the way down the gradient was too steep and they kept derailing and crashing..... So some bright spark designed a spiral tunnel through the mountain. In 1907!!!! If you have a look at this photo you can see the front of the train, well the middle is on the top going into the tunnel and the rear of the train is o the bottom heading right....... Crazy! Just try to get your head around it!
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