Video Shows Huge Machine Tunneling For Britain’s High-Speed Rail Project

A huge tunneling machine called Dorothy digging underneath ancient woodland as the HS2 rail project goes full-speed ahead, on July 22, 2022. HS2 is the largest infrastructure project in Europe and is meant to connect northern cities with London and Europe. (HS2, SWNS/Zenger)

Fascinating footage shows a huge tunneling machine called Dorothy digging underneath ancient woodland as the United Kingdom’s HS2 high-speed rail project goes full-steam ahead.

Dorothy, the 410-foot-long boring machine weighing 2,000 tons, is drilling under the countryside in Europe’s biggest ever infrastructure project.