10 Most Dangerous Railway Bridges In The World If you're new, Subscribe! →
Facebook:
Top 5 Best is the #1 place for all your heart warming stories about amazing people that will inspire you everyday. Make sure to subscribe and never miss a single video!
Leave a like for more shark tank, pawn stars, dr. phil, and other tv show business content. On Top 5 Best, we like to help you in mindset productivity, whether it's how to make more money videos, or going over the biggest mansions in the world, we show everything here! Make sure to subscribe for more amazing videos everyday!
Trains are some of the oldest means of transportation that are still operating today. They got their first passengers in the 1800s, which makes them close to 2 centuries in business. While most people nowadays use planes, buses or their own cars to travel far, trains are still quite popular and sometimes...they even go through places that no other vehicle would go through. In fact, sometimes the railway tracks are positioned across places where you never thought you could visit. Today we’ll be looking at 10 of the most dangerous railway tracks in the world. Everything on this list will make you wonder why would someone build a railway track in such places - perhaps some of these will call the adventurous spirit in you to go and venture on your own train ride across a very challenging terrain. Make sure you have a look at number one! It’s a place where you would have never imagined you could go, not even inside a train!
Chennai - Rameswaram , India
If you’ve ever been to India, or have at least considered visiting, you are probably aware of how popular trains are in this country. In fact, they have some of the longest train journeys in the world - one of them lasts 85 hours and brings you across the country for more than 4000 kilometers! On the other hand, they also have some of the most dangerous train rides in the world, but that only adds to the excitement of the experience - and that’s the case of the train that travels between the cities of Chennai and Rameswaram. This train goes above the water on a 2.3-kilometer-long bridge. It’s high enough for ships and ferries to pass underneath, but sometimes the water levels get too high that the railway gets flooded. On top of that, strong winds and intense weather conditions threaten what could easily have been a peaceful ride across the ocean. For that reason, these trains slow down to a speed of 4 meters per second, avoiding any possible incidents.
Train to the Clouds, Argentina and Chile
Next on our list is a railway track that took 27 years to be built! It’s the famous “Tren a las nubes” which runs from the city of Salta in Argentina all the way to Polvorillo in Chile, traveling for 217 kilometers. This rain has existed since 1948 and its name, which in English means “Train to the Clouds”, derives from the fact that it travels through 29 bridges and 21 tunnels while staying at more than 4,000 meters above sea levels -
Nose of the Devil, Ecuador
Would you go on a ride if they tell you you’re going to “the nose of the devil”? It seems like it’s quite a famous journey for adventurers in South America. This train that takes you on such a ride is the Trans-Andean railroad as it passes through a mountainous area of Ecuador, near the Alausi village. These mountains keep the train from having a smooth ride; for that reason, the Ecuadorian government made a railway track in the shape of a zig zag, going up 500 meters while traveling for about 12 kilometers
Cape Town’s Crimes in Public Transportation, South Africa
Alright, not all the dangers on this list have to do with geography. In the case of Cape Town, South Africa, the railways turn dangerous due to the actions of other human beings. For the past couple of years there has been a high crime rate on public transportation. One out of ten train routes gets canceled on a daily basis due to thefts and assaults. The local authorities have tried to stop the chaos by increasing the penalties to those who commit such evil actions. However, such punishment is not enough. For that reason there is now a railway police that seeks to decrease crime related incidents in the future.
Georgetown Loop, USA
Of all the states in the US, there’s one that is very connected to nature. That’s the state of Colorado. Some of the best landscapes and unspoiled pieces of land are in this area. Also, this state is home to a very old and quite dangerous railway: the Georgetown Loop. This railway was built back in the 1800s and it goes through the Rocky Mountains - it was the only way to transport silver to and from the mines within this region. The mines were so hard to access and this narrow railway had to be built through a lot of dangerous bridges just to get to them.
family friendly pg clean
#viralstory #amazingpeople #top5best
0 Yorumlar