Settling into a seat as day turns to night and twilight adds a mischievous element to the ride, with a burst of hooting and hollering breaking out each time the train passes through a darkened tunnel.

BBC: Getting to the heart and soul of hilly Sri Lanka

In 1990, Engineers digging a railway tunnel under the Channel broke through the last dividing rock and joined Britain to mainland Europe for the first time since the Ice Age.

CNN: Tuesday