Looks like they have different but still somewhat similar methods for building railways in China. My guess is they would use that in Ethiopia. This is high speed, but gives you an idea of their technology: http://www.chinatraintrip.com/news/Beijing-Shanghai-High-Speed-Railway-under-construction.html Plain old railway building in China: http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/zhuanti/Zhuanti_459_3_1.html China Building Railways Worldwide http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bmgMc57sO8 Maybe this will go to production, but I would personally still rather see a buyout.