This Texas Monthly piece on the Dune Express is a really interesting infrastructure story, but I’m not gonna lie, I mainly ...

The Dune Express has been in operation for a few weeks and looks to support the oil industry in the Permian Basin.

The cutter head carves a smooth round hole through the rock -- the exact shape of a tunnel. Conveyor belts carry the rock shavings through the TBM and out the back of the machine to a dumpster.

The excavated material falls through holes in the machines' face, and is then removed from the tunnel by conveyor belt. Story by Tony Manfred and editing by Jeremy Dreyfuss More from Tech Meet ...

Tunnel workers gather the muck and dirt as it pours in. They toss the dirt on conveyor belts, which carry the excess soil out of the tunnel. The cylinder supports the sandy soil while tunnel ...

Typically, the process involves passing items along a conveyor belt through a tunnel, where they are exposed to controlled heat. As the temperature rises, the shrink film contracts, moulding ...