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Description: Intermodal train southbound to Italy on Gotthard line after crossing the Biaschina gorge and passing two spiral tunnels near Giornico, Canton Ticino, Switzerland Visible are train tracks on 3 levels (spiral tunnels between them), the Biaschina-Viaduct of the A2 Gotthard-Autobahn (top left) and the hairpin-bends of the Kantonsstrasse 2 (center right) This photo portrays complex structures heavy trains need 2 locomotives to pass the steep line international trucks crawl up the highway to the roadtunnel (truck traffic tenfolded since the opening of the Gotthard roadtunnel) The new Gotthard-Basetunnel of the Alptransit initiative will pass all these difficulties due to its length and flat raillink concept.
Title: Biaschina Intermodal
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Author: Cooper.ch 18:48, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
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