Electric locomotive & muck truck used to build Channel Tunnel. National Railway Museum. York, England, UK, Europe.

Electric locomotive and muck truck used to build the Channel Tunnel. The spoil deposited at Shakespeare Cliff near Dover increased the size of the UK by 90 acres. Opened in 1994, the Channel Tunnel runs 31.4 miles beneath the English Channel connecting the UK to France. The popular National Railway Museum (NRM) tells the story of rail transport in Britain and houses historically significant artifacts, rolling stock, and over 100 locomotives. Visit it in York, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe. In the 1800s, York became a hub of the British railway network.

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Contained in galleries: ENGLAND: York, North Yorkshire, 2017 July: ENGLAND all: CtoC hike, York, castles

Electric locomotive and muck truck used to build the Channel Tunnel. The spoil deposited at Shakespeare Cliff near Dover increased the size of the UK by 90 acres. Opened in 1994, the Channel Tunnel runs 31.4 miles beneath the English Channel connecting the UK to France. The popular National Railway Museum (NRM) tells the story of rail transport in Britain and houses historically significant artifacts, rolling stock, and over 100 locomotives. Visit it in York, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe. In the 1800s, York became a hub of the British railway network.