Rhyndaston Tunnel
Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English The Rhyndaston Tunnel is a Script error: No such module "convert"., 1-in-40-grade (2.5%) railway tunnel in southern Tasmania. The northern end of the tunnel is Script error: No such module "convert". from the Hobart railway yards. It was built as part of the Tasmanian Main Line Company's track from Hobart to Western Junction which was completed in 1876.[1]
International containers
The original tunnel was too small to take the original Script error: No such module "convert". international containers. The tunnel was widened between 1964 and 1965 using a tunnel boring machine mounted on railway wheels, nicknamed 'The Mole' and which was maneuvered into place between trains to excavate a few metres at a time. Enlarging the tunnel had the effect of creating a 'keyhole' shape, and also destroyed the original northern portal, consequently truncating its overall length by several metres.
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Due to poor ventilation, diesel trains occasionally lose oxygen and fail to make it up the tunnel. In the 1920s M Class Garratt steam locomotives were banned from running north through the tunnel smoke box first, to prevent exhaust accumulating in the crew cab.
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