The first four tunnel boring machines are coming to New Jersey to build the Gateway rail tunnel. Here's what they do and why ...

A colossal project to reduce traffic in the underground tunnels connecting the Virginia cities of Norfolk and Hampton just had a big breakthrough — literally. Since 1957, the two cities have been ...

The boring machines were manufactured in Germany for just one of 10 sections that make up the $16 billion Gateway project to build a new tube for Amtrak and NJ Transit trains into Penn Station. The ...

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