Thanks everyone for letting me know about the video cutting out early. I had something come up yesterday evening, and so didn't get to the comments as fast as normal so I could sort out a prompt re-upload. My file on my computer is 18 minutes, so I'm not sure why this got cut off, but I should have checked. Anyway, I'm in the position of deciding whether to re-upload, and I decided not to as I think the annoyance of an extra notification isn't worth two minutes of content (plus, sadly, when I do a reupload the early audience won't watch, which sends a bad signal to the KZfaq algo, which means less people will see the video long term.). Therefore, I'm including the last two minute here in text form. My apologies folks, I know you're here to watch, not read. -- But the extensions are also set to take on a much more international feel. The Shigatse extension, that I just mentioned, will eventually continue down into Nepal, finishing at its capital Kathmandu. This line is expected to be open by 2024. The final possible extension is still very much theoretical at this stage. Comments made by the Qinghai People's Congress Vice Secretary-General Liu Palit seemed to suggest he supported the idea of continuing the extension into India, going as far afield as Mumbai, and possibly even Karachi in Pakistan. There have been very little concrete plans for this so far but who knows, maybe sometime in the future. THE ROOF OF THE WORLD China has achieved some truly memorable engineering feats in a relatively short period. On Megaprojects, we’ve done videos on both the Three Gorges Dam and the South-North Water Transfer Project - both of which involve some truly eye-boggling statistics. And while the Qinghai-Tibet Railway may not have the same dazzling prestige, just ask a rail engineer about how difficult it is to build a line with 80% of it above 4,000 metres (13,123ft). In many ways, this railway feels like it harks back to the early days of the railroad. It is a line that battles its way through an inhospitable environment, scaling mountains and traversing vast frozen plateaus. A truly revolutionary piece of engineering that travels through parts of the world that few venture into, and one that grazes the top of our world. They said the railway would never arrive in Lhasa. But they were wrong.
@megaprojects96494 жыл бұрын
I miss that I didn't get to say that last line, I bet I did it all dramatic :D
@adamthederp49384 жыл бұрын
Lol. Too bad we can't add images - but maybe you can send a link to the images themselves?
@zeitgeistx52394 жыл бұрын
You still havent done XB-70 MACH 3 bomber. You did the Concorde and XB-70 flew before the Concorde.
@rainbowchickenlive4 жыл бұрын
Simon no longer hates uncle!
@kurtjoseph62324 жыл бұрын
The obsessive completionist in me thanks you.
@zombiedropper10134 жыл бұрын
Just as a heads up Simon the end of the video isn’t cut properly
@jtveg4 жыл бұрын
Yeah! WTF happened there? I thought I accidentally pressed something on my keyboard. So I checked again. Someone definitely screwed up the editing.
@Dethflash4 жыл бұрын
Glad im not crazy lol
@dascherofficial4 жыл бұрын
Thought I was getting a call, then my phone didn't ring and I looked down and saw the little circle arrow thing and got super confused. 😂
@IvoDanielBrito4 жыл бұрын
Yes, it happened to me too.
@theemissary13134 жыл бұрын
That's what happens when you slag off the Chinese government! :(
@Voello4 жыл бұрын
Huh, does it cut off the end for anyone else or is it just me?
@sandybarnes8874 жыл бұрын
Not just you
@StefanoNoffke4 жыл бұрын
It happened to me too
@loupiscanis94494 жыл бұрын
yup , abrupt ending mid sentence .
@thereallasre4 жыл бұрын
Yup
@pamelafernandezdelareguera48934 жыл бұрын
Yup, me too
@CosRacecar4 жыл бұрын
"ETA, how can we get viewer engagement up?" "End the video early, then everyone will comment to tell you". Allegedly.
@hkbabel4 жыл бұрын
:-) Allegendly
@cabe_bedlam4 жыл бұрын
*ba-dum-bum-tish*
@MrSharpshot4 жыл бұрын
Too much cocaine
@reddirtcrazy834 жыл бұрын
It wouldn't surprise me if, one day, Simon Whistler was a Jeopardy category.
@hkbabel4 жыл бұрын
@@reddirtcrazy83 Agree!
@SpecialEDy4 жыл бұрын
Can we just take a moment to appreciate that the internet has brought us nerds together? Here we are geeking out on rail-lines, and I love it!
@SripadBehera4 жыл бұрын
I know! wanted an episode on this QTR for ages!
@nekomasteryoutube32324 жыл бұрын
For me as a Canadian Railfan, I find it interesting that a handful of locomotives they use in CHina and on the railway here are American designed locomotives like the NJ2 and HXN5 (basically chinese versions of the GE C44-9 and the Evolution Series locomotives)
@racerratt6664 жыл бұрын
Sheldon would be proud!
@markusz44474 жыл бұрын
Steamin'
@SpecialEDy4 жыл бұрын
@@Darksh0t009 That's ok, we'll still let you sit at our table.
@VikingCuda4 жыл бұрын
I guess the CCP came for Simon and ETA at the end.
@MichaelOKC4 жыл бұрын
Actually I would not be surprised if ETA turned him in for the reward money.
@oortclouddomicile4 жыл бұрын
LOL
@BarryCarter4 жыл бұрын
Allegedly
@SamCruise4 жыл бұрын
Naw, ETA was right the 5G covid-19 got 'em.
@ShaneDGri4 жыл бұрын
Allegedly... the PRChina, aka Best China, doesn't like people talking about it glorious liberation of Tibet from tbe warmongering Dali Lama... Allegedly
@Vwampage4 жыл бұрын
I rode this line all the way from Beijing way back in 2011, it's an absolutely stunning trip. I remember as we passed through the highest pass that they pumped additional oxygen into the train cars and also everyone on the train collectively decided that it was nap time. They were right. It was absolutely nap time.
@thejudgmentalcat4 жыл бұрын
At 16:08 we discover Simon didn't pay his Internet bill.
@daviddunn32854 жыл бұрын
Lol! Simon: oopsie!
@jonnunn41964 жыл бұрын
allegedly
@alexander14854 жыл бұрын
or Mi6 is after him
@grandenauto32143 жыл бұрын
For those that didn’t find it, Simon put the text of the last two minutes in the description of the video
@economicsinaction4 жыл бұрын
Simon: *gets cut off* China: *"What an unfortunate event"*
@jordanwilliams93004 жыл бұрын
Excellent
@grandenauto32143 жыл бұрын
For those that didn’t find it, Simon put the text of the last two minutes in the description of the video
@alejogabrielgarcia88494 жыл бұрын
China cut off the end of the video because they hate all the bald guys speaking about the Tibet 😅
@jtveg4 жыл бұрын
Best comment award. 🏆
@thembanimdlalose52294 жыл бұрын
Lol hilarious!!!
@exumsmith1594 жыл бұрын
Right!🤣😂
@maryscott45734 жыл бұрын
😉😂
@ybing4 жыл бұрын
lol
@ChadWilson4 жыл бұрын
At this point, I think we should purposely request megaprojects wherein your ability to pronounce the names is challenged to the point of craziness.
@shindari4 жыл бұрын
Wouldn't that make a lovely entertaining Game Show?...
@agustinvenegas52384 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know of a megaproject with Xosa names?
@edwardsmith38384 жыл бұрын
Right, time for the rail line that goes through Llanfairpyllgwyngwllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantisilliogogogoch (sorry if I misspelled it).
@eoghanw14 жыл бұрын
Błękitny Wieżowiec
@dingleberryhandpump8024 жыл бұрын
Any Megaprojects in Iceland?
@RailwaysExplained4 жыл бұрын
Good idea for the video. We mentioned Tanggula railway station in Tibet as the highest elevated station in the world at 5,068 m (16,627 ft) above sea level as one of rail related Guinness world records.
@bethroesch21564 жыл бұрын
Will continue down into where Simon??? You can't just leave us hanging like that 😭😂😂😂
@invalid42054 жыл бұрын
sounds like he is about to say Nepal...which would make sense given the location.....adds more hilarity with the tensions currently in the region
@jackmason52784 жыл бұрын
Probably India. That might be China's next land-grab target.
@RealSkoolmaster4 жыл бұрын
@@jackmason5278 they will discover that India is a little bit harder to grab than Tibet.
@jb60274 жыл бұрын
Did anybody else notices that as Simon said "..the extension will continue down into..." as he was cut off, that he was pointing at his lap? It wasn't the Chinese Secret Police that got him, it was the KZfaq Censor Police.
@grandenauto32143 жыл бұрын
For those that didn’t find it, Simon put the text of the last two minutes in the description of the video
@fvckyoutubescensorshipandt27184 жыл бұрын
What happened to Simon? He got cut off mid-sentence.
@temodeed4 жыл бұрын
Ask China
@Roiki4 жыл бұрын
The Chinese got him.
@kikufutaba11944 жыл бұрын
Maybe he is married
@gilbertabadi46864 жыл бұрын
Na, he just got river crab (harmonize)
@oneknowwhatsup4 жыл бұрын
ccp happened
@daviddunn32854 жыл бұрын
The fact that they built a railway in such a tough environment is interesting indeed. Keep up the great work Simon!
@Train_Tok_Man4 жыл бұрын
Union Pacific Big Boys: The Biggest steam locomotives ever built.
@druminghead124 жыл бұрын
Is the 611 your profile pic?
@Train_Tok_Man4 жыл бұрын
Jarrett logan Yes.
@druminghead124 жыл бұрын
Nice
@Duececoupe4 жыл бұрын
Wouldn't mind seeing C&O's H-8 Allegheny 2-6-6-6's which was heavier I think, which was Lima ended up in court, but....even more so, I'd love to see N&W's famous, legendary trio....the A, the J and the Y class, which was more powerful! That would be something, the story about N&W and when its A 1239 and Y6b 2197 beat EMD's four unit A-B-B-A demonstrator set in efficiency, back in 1957 if I remember correctly....😎✊🏻
@pacificeagle4 жыл бұрын
This
@tomppeli.4 жыл бұрын
Is the video supposed to end prematurely?
@grandenauto32143 жыл бұрын
For those that didn’t find it, Simon put the text of the last two minutes in the description of the video
@kaifengwu65653 жыл бұрын
When the CCP marched into Tibet it was a place where slavery, child labor, and arranged marriage were very much the norm. The vast majority of Tibetan people lived in extreme poverty and were considered subhuman by the small number of land-owning nobleman that have engrained their rein of terror for centuries using religion by deifying their leader - the Dalai Lama - as god-incarnate. Not to say the CCP had purely ulterior motives or didn’t introduce oppression of their own, but not too sure either if what happened before that was a “traditional identity” most Tibetan people appreciated. This gross simplification of history really do piss me off.
@cozmost2 жыл бұрын
glad someone is saying it
@MrHpagan4 жыл бұрын
Hey Simon, I enjoy your content I know you’re going to get 1 million comments about the video ending abruptly. I’ll let somebody else worry about it, keep up the good work Looking forward to seeing more future videos.
@AnthonyRBlacker4 жыл бұрын
New drinking game: Every time Simon tries to say a challenging word or name, you drink! I'd be hammered right now!!
@CrashM854 жыл бұрын
Plus the more your drink, the more words become challanging (if you are going off words you can currently say)
@andrewolson54714 жыл бұрын
This is the railway line that only exists because someone said something couldn't be done, and someone else said, "hold my beer."
@utbdoug4 жыл бұрын
Wow, literally just watch the Spark documentary on this! Like 20 minutes ago! Excellent work guys, this is just as informative as an hour long documentary!
@friguyzero4 жыл бұрын
I think you should upload the last 2 minutes by it's self. We will still watch. I'm loving this new channel. Keep up the good work.
@randomthoughtswithalex63154 жыл бұрын
I visited Xining, Qinghai in 2012. I heard about the train line to Tibet while I was there, but I didn't realize it was such an engineering challenge. The effects of altitude were pronounced even within Qinghai. I remember being rather low energy on a drive through the mountains that took us just under 4000 m altitude.
@chrisestill88254 жыл бұрын
I think Simon just really likes trains and he's been making all these channels to find a way to talk about them to the masses.
@christophergoodman4044 жыл бұрын
Have you done the Iowa Class Ships yet? Thinking we need a mega projects of that.
@ignitionfrn22233 жыл бұрын
3:05 - Chapter 1 - Tibet 5:45 - Chapter 2 - Construction 8:00 - Chapter 3 - A permafrost problem 10:25 - Chapter 4 - Travelling along the line 12:00 - Chapter 5 - Trains 13:30 - Chapter 6 - Environnement 15:20 - Chapter 7 - Future extension
@Pisti8464 жыл бұрын
4000 meters is 13123 feet, I believe at that height airplanes must be pressurized.
@felixguilbeault63294 жыл бұрын
Is a part 2 coming or did censorship rear its ugly head?
@grandenauto32143 жыл бұрын
For those that didn’t find it, Simon put the text of the last two minutes in the description of the video
@danij50553 жыл бұрын
Well, not in the description but rather in a pinned comment.
@jt924 жыл бұрын
Looks like the video didn't export correctly, the end cuts off abruptly.
@grandenauto32143 жыл бұрын
For those that didn’t find it, Simon put the text of the last two minutes in the description of the video
@BlackStarG44 жыл бұрын
I liked the video mostly because of the explanation and the handling of the cutoff, in addition to the fantastic presentation. Like button smashed!
@deanzaZZR4 жыл бұрын
I took a bus ride from Golmud to Lhasa back in the 1980s. I recommend the new high speed trail option!
@roshanthapa84872 жыл бұрын
Must have been a week long journey
@cikame4 жыл бұрын
"Sorry your husband died at work" "How did he die?" "... You know... things...".
@--enyo--4 жыл бұрын
cikame ‘You never had a husband. Don’t ask questions.’
@andrewsuryali85404 жыл бұрын
"How did he die?" "Other causes."
@silenttoxic7074 жыл бұрын
Let’s get a video on The Hubble Space Telescope 🔭
@TheRiles3339 ай бұрын
I was gonna comment about the cut-off, then I thought, there's no way Simon doesn't have something on this already! Thanks for adding the rest in the description. I"m loving these videos. I've just made myself a playlist of all the videos and am working my way through :D.
@Bert4ceasar4 жыл бұрын
I traveled this line from Xining to Lhasa back in 2017, very very impressive.
@morty19884 жыл бұрын
Do the dutch delta works! Great backstory, very important for the future with the rising sea level
@Jcodge4 жыл бұрын
kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f51pdrSGubWZeX0.html he has already :)
@sandybarnes8874 жыл бұрын
The end is cut short
@grandenauto32143 жыл бұрын
For those that didn’t find it, Simon put the text of the last two minutes in the description of the video
@stacyrussell4604 жыл бұрын
Thanks for clearing up the ending error. I kept rewatching it thinking I missed something... lol
@markcovey32044 жыл бұрын
All of Simmon's videos are excellent. He really is very
@lucasbrown30854 жыл бұрын
Big muskie. World's largest drag line excavator
@371kenny4 жыл бұрын
The bucket is shocking. Then you realize there was a machine that moved it.
@lucasbrown30854 жыл бұрын
@@371kenny three full size busses could fit in it
@randomchannel-px6ho4 жыл бұрын
16:08 and the Chinese secret police have finally caught Simon for him daring to talk about the environmental impact of their projects
@Elfangorlanzhou3 жыл бұрын
dai lama disagrees www.firstpost.com/world/dalai-lama-says-tibet-does-not-seek-independence-from-china-but-wants-greater-development-4224481.html
@grandenauto32143 жыл бұрын
For those that didn’t find it, Simon put the text of the last two minutes in the description of the video
@freddiei.26964 жыл бұрын
Continue down into nepa...? XD it’s ok, Simon...at any rate, masterfully done :)...keep em coming!
@grandenauto32143 жыл бұрын
For those that didn’t find it, Simon put the text of the last two minutes in the description of the video
@MmeHyraelle3 жыл бұрын
11:30 This station could have been a small oxygen plant and medical facility, an emergency pit stop :) ( Or maybe it is and we don't know ?)
@heliosex72384 жыл бұрын
Lol Free Documentary just released a full documentary on this yesterday. Just the way she goes I guess
@rapidthrash19644 жыл бұрын
That documentary is actually about 10 years old
@Akash__Verma__4 жыл бұрын
In last sentence he is saying that the extention will lead down into Nepal.
@EmilyJelassi4 жыл бұрын
Fascinating video.. I love this channel!!
@Deathscythe924 жыл бұрын
For a video idea, how about Space Elevators? I know none have been built yet, but that hasn't stopped you before lol
@thetitan69654 жыл бұрын
You should do an episode on The Great Wall of China.
@biteme39894 жыл бұрын
He did on video on it on Geographics kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r5NhopNn16jLd3U.html
@fy17274 жыл бұрын
A. He did that one on BIOGRAPHICS B. The great wall(s) is not oje but hundreds of smaller and bigger projects that span more than a thousand years. So it's not ideal to call it "a" megaproject
@user-pt8og3ls5x3 жыл бұрын
No, he should't.
@daviddelgado60904 жыл бұрын
I got one: the Arecibo Observatory.
@kshred30434 жыл бұрын
0:15 "even though I am sure there are going to be Chinese pronunciations which I am going to screw up" That was an understatement. Not even close on some of them. However the wealth of information in this clip more than made up for it. I took this train from Xining to Lhasa in 2019. Great journey. And all this background on the railway was much appreciated. Pronunciation hint: Think terracotta warriors, think Xī'ān, and you would get closer on the pronunciation of first character of Xīníng. Xī means west. The marks above the vowels indicate the tones (rising, falling, etc)
@Daithi3544 жыл бұрын
Woohoo, 5 ads in a single video, the best feature of your videos, love it /sarcasm
@bhaskara.n.k6944 жыл бұрын
Simon,do an episode on LCA Tejas and the BrahMos missile please
@magnvss4 жыл бұрын
China: "Simon, we don't like they irony you are using while talking about the Great Mother Land, we will pause your video while we think about it..."
@laesseV4 жыл бұрын
The Gotthard Base Tunnel or the whole NRLA (New Railway Link through the Alps) would be a cool megaproject.
@ThomasAherne4 жыл бұрын
I kept getting visions of SNOWPIERCER as I listen to Simon list the train's specifications
@michaeldoering99934 жыл бұрын
The video ended in the middle
@grandenauto32143 жыл бұрын
Simon put the text of the last two minutes in the description of the video
@michaelbiedassek71363 жыл бұрын
Great info but dislike the biased undertones of the host towards the Chinese government and the politicization of the project in regards to Tibet. Sounds like you can never be too positive about China’s development and stay on topic but need to lace it with a certain level of slander.
@twocvbloke4 жыл бұрын
I just noticed, the exercise bike has turned into a sofa, smart move, sofas are much comfier to lounge on... :P
@nepaliman57164 жыл бұрын
It has brought huge benefit to Tibet and local economy..
@Knight_Astolfo4 жыл бұрын
Uighur/Uyghur "Wee - Grr" i.e. the CCP's organ banks Also; video ends in the middle of a sentence?
@aaronh68524 жыл бұрын
Organ bank? Im a Chinese and i have many Uyghur friends growing up, never heard of it happened, but if u read it online, it must be true. Everyone knows the online world is the real world.
@ptilrem4 жыл бұрын
How many times did you practice for all those names near the end?
@koni54903 жыл бұрын
The typic is "Qinghai-Tibet Railway: The Highest Railway in the World",but actually,it is "china is so bad,so bad.Railway?oh,I don't what is it".
@RobDucharme4 жыл бұрын
Simon Whistler is a megaproject.
@greghuang23142 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: There is a popular Chinese folk song about the Qinghai-Tibet railway called 天路(The Road to Heaven), which highlights the extreme difficulty of constructing this railway and the fact that it's the highest elevation railway in the world. I grew up listening to this song everywhere, and it is frequently played on board trains in China, including outside of Tibet. On an 8 hour high speed train ride from Xiamen to Shanghai in 2010, the train's loudspeakers played 天路 and Jasmine Flower (another Chinese folk song) on a loop nonstop for the entire ride. The song neglects the many controversial aspects of this railway, but it serves the government's propaganda purposes very well.
@nathanielfamisan19684 жыл бұрын
"Can we truly trust China to give us accurate figures on the number of people who died?" As customary but damn, this hits really differently now with the ongoing pandemic.
@MY-zj8pb4 жыл бұрын
Can we trust america and UK on any figures they give? No. You can't trust any government
@gebys45594 жыл бұрын
You do get used to the altitude mostly within few days and definitely within few weeks, probably wouldn't have been an issue if they chose to employ more Tibeatans rather than just Hans. Some ICE do certainly underperform in those conditions.
@phurbasherpa74414 жыл бұрын
Would be a life time journey to actually visit lhasa on this railway.
@forgesoulfire13204 жыл бұрын
Anybody else get Simon cut off in the middle of saying something?
@bhumiputra79874 жыл бұрын
Nepal
@grandenauto32143 жыл бұрын
the last two minutes in the description of the video
@Victor-tl4dk4 жыл бұрын
5:06, honestly it's both purposes. The communist party dictatorship benefits from both so it's both.
@NekuraCa4 жыл бұрын
When I went to Tibet, we were suppose to take the train in, something I was really looking forward to, but the travel company changed the plans at the last moment. Instead we stayed in Chengdu for the time we would have been on the train, before flying directly in to Lhasa. But that did mean I got to pet a giant panda.
@TheWorldHasGoneNuts4 жыл бұрын
15:45 Simon is the first Westerner I've heard so far who actually pronounced the name Uyghur/Uighur correctly. Hats off to you boss man. Now to improve those Chinese pronunciations. 👏👏👏👏👏
@Snagprophet4 жыл бұрын
I thought it was Wee Ger
@shabbirahmeddar77654 жыл бұрын
Meticulous research.
@ZebraCore....4 жыл бұрын
Lol mega projects Today where looking at a video that ends abruptly leaving many fans quiet confused. Sponsored by square space.
@grandenauto32143 жыл бұрын
Simon put the text of the last two minutes in the description of the video
@stephenwodz75934 жыл бұрын
I undertook this journey in May, 2013. It was spectacular. I ate very little on the train, and drank a lot of warm water, which may be the reason I had no problem with the altitude gain.
@isaacwilson52844 жыл бұрын
Paraphrase: "I was on one side of China, and then I went over 1000 miles, and things were different. Seriously, I'm not kidding." - Simon Whistler
@orcatime234 жыл бұрын
Hey Simon. I live near a massive monument, the Gateway Arch in St.louis, Missouri USA I was wondering if you can do a video on it.
@Eternal666Abortion4 жыл бұрын
Id love to see a MegaProjects on the floodwalls we have here in the US. I think its such a terrible idea it would almost make an epic buisness blaze if there was more infi peovided.
@chcoupedu624 жыл бұрын
can you do the tgv, with the turbotrain and the very different design from the shinkusen, i'm sure it would make a good video, and it's always nice to hear english people struggling with french word :p
@ChefHeisca4 жыл бұрын
I NEED IT TO FINISH MAN! OH MY GOD WHAT THE FINISH!?!?!?!?! Love you stuff! But honestly im starting to hear more and more of the Blaze in all your work.
@grandenauto32143 жыл бұрын
For those that didn’t find it, Simon put the text of the last two minutes in the description of the video
@NAC_Exec4 жыл бұрын
You should do the Erie Canal of New York state, if you haven't already done it as a MegaProjects idea.
@johandutoit15854 жыл бұрын
The SKA and Meerkat project in Southern Africa.
@bibekjha23124 жыл бұрын
Now this line will be connected to Nepal.
@deeb.92503 жыл бұрын
The lasting environment impact probably not that significant considering it's just one track...one way traffic, i.e. low traffic
@tonbopro4 жыл бұрын
incomplete? whatta?
@grandenauto32143 жыл бұрын
the last two minutes in the description of the video
@yongamamb27664 жыл бұрын
you should do one about the concentration camps in tibet
@captainkiddoregon4 жыл бұрын
Simon, linking this region to another topic for this channel maybe you could do a spot on Taktsang Palphug Monastery or also known as the Tigers Nest in Bhutan. My wife and I visited Bhutan last year and hiked up to this Monastery. You start at about 8000' and end up at the Monastery at about 10,000 feet. Needless to say us low landers had to stop quite a few times on the way up. Or if anything do a video on your sister channel Geographics about Bhutan. Very beautiful country with the nicest population I ever met. Thumbs up on all your videos.
@grandenauto32143 жыл бұрын
When I was a young boy my dad gave me his stamp collection... after that we started adding new stamps and my favourite stamps were a set from Bhutan that had 3D images of the wildlife... been a fan of Bhutan since
@timgooding24484 жыл бұрын
"Down into......." Danny has escaped. Simon you had it coming.
@rikipondi3 жыл бұрын
Simon: What do you get when this gets put together with that and create something insane? Me: A Megaprojects video
@mihaslibar47694 жыл бұрын
The moving up of abu simbel temple would be interesting.
@Theringodair3 жыл бұрын
Everything else: You cannot build a train line on a mountain pass. China: Hold my rice wine.
@20teamplayer4 жыл бұрын
TBM: Tunnel Boring Machine I don't know if you do machines themselves (Mega Machines) but so many of the projects involve large tunnels and the history of TBMs is mega in it's own right.
@TheRAFlemingsMr4 жыл бұрын
I look forward to every episode you produce and deliver; they are fascinating. Simon, I particularly enjoy your delivery, wit and honesty about the circumstances, politics and sometimes questionable honesty of the parties involved; ie. China. The honesty is refreshing. Keep up the great work and your impeccable/implacable English "humor" as it brings a smile and laugh in every video.
@thebradmarkschannel9574 жыл бұрын
Another great video Simon. What about the high speed Beijing to Shaghai train ?
@VashGames4 жыл бұрын
The video stopped so suddenly, even presenter Simon is surprised.
@surferdude44874 жыл бұрын
If they used an electric train, they would not have to use turbochargers or haul diesle fuel up into the mountains. And there would be a lot less environmental impact.
@888johnmac4 жыл бұрын
How long will it take until Simon realises we go looking for topics with loads of foreign names in them ??
@GoodGuyPlayer24 жыл бұрын
Great video... specially the ending
@grandenauto32143 жыл бұрын
the last two minutes in the description of the video
@sepez4 жыл бұрын
Someone quickly get simon a phd. He has discovered that east and west china are different places.
@comradeclaus4 жыл бұрын
Do one on the Karakoram Highway (KKH), the highest paved road in the world and one of the modern wonders of the world.