Eleanor Sillerico: ‘Tunnels are fascinating challenges’
When Eleanor Sillerico was 15 years old, she wanted to be a doctor. However, after volunteering in a local clinic in her native La Paz, Bolivia, she became drawn to [continue reading]
First tunneling machine reaches future Wilshire/La Cienega subway station
Metro today announced that its first Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM), named Elsie, on Thursday broke through to the Wilshire/La Cienega subway station in Beverly Hills. It is the first of [continue reading]
Vote for tunnel boring machine artwork and names for Purple (D Line) Extension Section 3!
The last two Purple (D Line) Extension tunnel boring machines (TBMs) have landed in Los Angeles! Currently, assembly of the first TBM is underway on the West Los Angeles VA [continue reading]
Purple Line Extension tunneling machine reaches Wilshire/Fairfax Station
Metro today reports that one of its tunneling machines has officially reached the Wilshire/Fairfax subway station near the La Brea Tar Pits in the Miracle Mile. It is the second [continue reading]
Tunnel boring machine completes its job on Regional Connector project
And that’s all she wrote. On Tuesday evening, the tunnel boring machine (TBM) for the Regional Connector — named Angeli — arrived beneath the intersection of Flower and 4th streets [continue reading]
Purple Line Extension tunneling machine art and naming contest announced
Metro is inviting students from kindergarten through 12th grade to participate in an art and naming contest for the two Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) that will dig the twin subway tunnels to connect three underground stations of Section 1 of the Purple Line Extension. The contest is divided into two [continue reading]
Fresh pics: final pieces of tunneling machine for Regional Connector retrieved in downtown L.A.
The tunnel boring machine cutterhead and shield are now fully retrieved from below Flower Street in downtown Los Angeles’s Financial District. After completing the first of two tunnels for the [continue reading]
New video: time-lapse of digging of first Regional Connector tunnel
New footage from the Regional Connector project in downtown Los Angeles shows how the tunnel boring machine has completed building the first of two twin tunnels under the city center. Work [continue reading]
Tunnel boring machine finishes its work on first of two twin tunnels for Regional Connector
Regional Connector tunnel boring machine completed first of 2 tunnels under DTLA today! #HumpDayMotivation pic.twitter.com/LJDT4sJp6t — Metro Los Angeles (@metrolosangeles) July 20, 2017 Attentive Source readers know that the Regional [continue reading]
Fresh pics: first Regional Connector rail tunnel under Bunker Hill
Final preparations for the tunnel boring machine (TBM) arrival at Flower and 4th streets in downtown Los Angeles are underway on the Regional Connector project. This weekend, the Financial District [continue reading]