As a child of the 70s and 80s, I love the music on that video. It's very Glen A Larson.
So what is it? It's a flyover of 16,000 solar panels which have been installed on top of a railway tunnel, and will help power Antwerp station in Belgium.
There's something else which should catch your eye in the video - there's no obvious need for a tunnel.
That large dod of greenery on the left is actually the remnants of an ancient forest. To avoid trees falling on the railway line, and the dreaded 'leaves on the line', the railway decided to build the tunnel next to the forest.
In this country, Network Rail would simply chop down the trees.
There's something else I want to highlight in the video - the railway line is next to the motorway. I'm a firm believer that you can't just tell motorists that they'd get there quicker by train, you have to show them. If Scotland ever gets it's act together to build a high-speed line between Glasgow and Edinburgh, then I think it should follow the M8 as much as possible, so that drivers stuck in yet another 10 mile tailback can gape in awe as the frequent trains speed past them. Hell, even the 90mph BMW businessman can watch the trains passing him.
Kinda like this...
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