Whistler, Sr. was a noted civil engineer, best known for a feasibility study consisting of a totally straight rail line from Moscow to St. Petersburg – through mountains, swamps, etc. on grounds that if it could be done, the Trans-Siberian Railway would have no additional problem except distance.
Whistler, Sr. was a noted civil engineer, best known for a feasibility study consisting of a totally straight rail line from Moscow to St. Petersburg – through mountains, swamps, etc. on grounds that if it could be done, the Trans-Siberian Railway would have no additional problem except distance.