Tracks But No Train
Sep 20, 2023•6 min•Season 1Ep. 893
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Episode description
From 1848 to 1854, over 20,000 workers completed a railway in Austria from Glozznitz to Mürzzuschlag. One of the very unusual things about this section of railway was that it wasn't until 1863 that a locomotive was built that could handle the steep and winding track. Yet the track was made because the construction engineers believed there would be a locomotive, even though they had even seen it yet.
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