And the same track isstill floating today. If you were to go to the sideof the track and...
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And the same track is
still floating today. If you were to go to the side
of the track and stand there, as a train comes past,
you can feel that gentle bough wave, that is the force
of the train passing you. You just feel it rising and falling. An absolutely ingenious method. Even today when we try and
work on peat bogs with diggers, they sink quite easily. Way back when, thinking how to
get this railway across here, creating those rafts -
absolutely amazing
still floating today. If you were to go to the side
of the track and stand there, as a train comes past,
you can feel that gentle bough wave, that is the force
of the train passing you. You just feel it rising and falling. An absolutely ingenious method. Even today when we try and
work on peat bogs with diggers, they sink quite easily. Way back when, thinking how to
get this railway across here, creating those rafts -
absolutely amazing
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And the same track is
still floating today.
00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:08.024
If you were to go to the side
of the track and stand there,
00:00:08.028 --> 00:00:11.068
as a train comes past,
you can feel that gentle
00:00:11.072 --> 00:00:14.012
bough wave, that is the force
of the train passing you.
00:00:14.016 --> 00:00:16.044
You just feel it rising and falling.
00:00:17.052 --> 00:00:19.088
An absolutely ingenious method.
00:00:19.092 --> 00:00:22.006
Even today when we try and
work on peat bogs with diggers,
00:00:22.064 --> 00:00:24.024
they sink quite easily.
00:00:24.028 --> 00:00:28.998
Way back when, thinking how to
get this railway across here,
00:00:28.012 --> 00:00:30.032
creating those rafts -
absolutely amazing.
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Movie Summary
Many of the world's most spectacular railways are surrounded by mysterious stories, tales and sagas. But these back stories have been lost to the passing years and are now unknown even to those using the railways daily.
