A stretch of track is ruined, too.
It is a sloping stretch of track, undulating "like a roller coaster," Ms. Moore said.
We start on the famously beautiful stretch of track that runs from Exminster to Newton Abbot.
And it was on down the tunnel, to another station, another stretch of track.
"In this business, you're always waiting," Mr. Menditto said, standing beneath a soaring stretch of track.
The towers will hoist a new stretch of track, keeping it horizontal.
The stretch of track where the collision occurred was modernized last year, the transportation minister, Slawomir Nowak, said.
Athletes are given their lane numbers and allowed to finish their warm-up on an 80-meter stretch of track.
The Embankment pitch, by contrast, is hidden away in a little-used tunnel directly underneath a stretch of track.
The affected stretch of track was rebuilt essentially from scratch and subjected to a "stabilizer machine," the authority said, "which simulates heavy rail traffic using vibrations".
Railroads benefit the most; a stretch of track between two cities has the same fixed daily costs whether it handles 1 or 10,000 cars per day.
