Simplon Tunnel
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The Simplon Tunnel is a railway tunnel on the Simplon railway that connects Brig, Switzerland and Domodossola, Italy, through the Alps, providing a shortcut under the Simplon Pass route. It is straight except for short curves at either end. It consists of two single-track tunnels built nearly 15 years apart. The first to be opened is 19,803 m (64,970 ft) long; the second is 19,824 m (65,039 ft) long, making it the longest railway tunnel in the world for most of the twentieth century, from 1906 until 1982, when the Daishimizu Tunnel opened.
1906
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Italy–Switzerland border, Simplon railway, Switzerland,

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1906 Simplon Tunnel
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Bau-Dampflokomotive 'Simplon No. 4' von Orenstein & Koppel (Werks-Nr. 2448 von 1908) im Einsatz auf der Seite Brig, Kreuzung von Geleise II mit Schmalspur, 1913-1914. In Simplontunnel II, 1913-1921









