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Building the last Main Line Railway

Catesby Tunnel and Viaduct: gcrcs153

Looking along the contractor's temporary track towards the near completed southern portal of Catesby tunne

Looking along the contractor's temporary track towards the near completed southern portal of Catesby tunnel. Despite the apparent chaos of a roughly hewn cutting littered with a mass of debris and materials, the curved wing walls and facade are nearing completion. Note the jib of a steam powered crane in the top right of the picture.

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