When the engineering work began on Dec. 25, 1973, it was initially estimated that the railway would take five years to complete at a cost of US $ 78 million.
從此開始遭遇無數艱難險阻，全賴全體工程人員堅毅不屈、刻苦犧牲的精神，方能排除萬難、化險為夷，以事實證明瞭「人定勝天」。