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Shimbleshanks 8th December 2010 23:33

Drug smugglers build underground railway
 
Drug smugglers have built a mile long tunnel between the US and Mexico, complete with hand-powered railway...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11952794

boilersuit 9th December 2010 20:21

Bloody hell!!! :eek:

steam for ever 9th December 2010 20:49

I don't agree with what it was built for, but these drug dealers are brilliant engineers.
Furthermore, they can't have used explosives to dig the tunnel due to the noise it would make, so probably all done by hand. Absolutely amazing. There may well be more like this one, and perhaps not for drugs either, but for illegal immigrant passenger trains.
Stunning....

Tony 9th December 2010 21:09

The tunnellers would be just right for Crossrail!

klordger1900 10th December 2010 22:37

The end of the line for the wet backs

Mendipman319 10th December 2010 23:56

If only in britain our railway workers worked like that! Those chaps are amazing engineers but they do deserve to be caught.


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