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Subject: Re: Crossrail TBM (Tunnel Boring Machine) names
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Well voted folks - the first two TBMs are now named Ada and Phyllis!
http://www.crossrail.co.uk/news/press-releases/giant-tunnel-boring-machines-ready-to-start-crossrail-dig

I can't help wishing one had been named after a Danish physicist though...