Underground Railway Connecting Alaska and Russia
 

Road Trip! Russia approves tunnel to Alaska under Bering Strait — Autoblog Canada

Sweet drugs momma mia.

Is it going to be using standard railway gauge or Russian railway gauge? In school I heard the Russians backward engineered everything in case if they ever get invaded by the Yanks.

edit: actually I wouldn't be surprised if this is going to be something totally different from normal railways.

^vee vill no confirm or deny zees heresay. u ask too menny fockign question.
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if the usa didnt have that lame ass communism vs capitalism struggle with russia for all these decades this probably would hae existed long ago and have costed a lot less

i wonder what crazy palin will say :troll:
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Coming from drunkrussian? :lol

so u can go from one fucking cold place to another motherfucking cold place via rail

And how quickly 65 billion will become 125 billion.
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Debatable

yeah. im sure theres alot of demand for people wanting a way to drive from fuken siberia to alaska.

concept, concept and more concept.
when the thing is completed, it will be 50 something years later.

I prefer to witness railway connecting the North and South America.

I'm surprised no one mentioned flooding or the tunnel collapsing lol

It's a rail line, not a driving tunnel; geared towards commercial use, not public.

USA is not boader with mother russia
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Modern Warfare 2/3 anyone ?

Now Sarah Palin can walk to Russia!

Dude, you didn't even have to read the article; just the quote alone would've told you its for trade and energy purposes, not public transportation.

The tunnel from France to England is also a rail line only.



It would be cool to drive to India.

lol the people who thanked this post did not even bother reading the first sentence in the quote.

the Arctic holds quite a bit of potentially valuable resources for Canada in the future, why do you think Russia/China wants a to claim it so badly?

I didn't realize this stretch would only be 100km...sounds totally doable..i was thinking at least 500km +

who's nailin palin :megusta:

Only 65 billion? Sounds more like a trillion dollar project if they run into issues working at those temps and under the ocean floor!
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From the people who brought you the Lada and the Trabant....now, the tunnel to end all tunnels! Yep, Id'd be first in line to ride that sucker....not! :D

"The Laika and Niva models' popularity began to wane after a few years because of the perceived lack of quality of all Lada car models. The cars were also widely criticized for their poor design. "

The Trabant...
". With its mediocre performance, inefficient two-stroke engine, noxious fumes and production shortages, the Trabant is often cited as an example of the disadvantages of centralized planning; on the other hand, it is regarded with derisive affection as a symbol of the failed former East Germany and of the fall of communism (in former West Germany,"

Drive to Hong Kong.... send all the C-Lais back woohooo

Russians running a rail freight between euro and NA... hmmmm DRUGS & WEAPONS YEAHHH BUDDDY!!!!#!@!

Which makes the title of the article stupid.