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A bridge may not be possible, a tunnel however can be.

So let us say a tunnel is built and is connected to the rest of the Russian rail network 3000 miles away :)

Then an interesting question is would that be enough to help in WW1, enough to bring in supplies to prevent or delay the revolutions long enough for the central powers to surrender which gives more time to Russia. One may end up with the provisional government becoming the democratic government of Russia.
 
The Ice is going to be a bigger problem then you think. Those kind of cars do have a limit to what kind of /how much ice they can handle. And the amount of ice you are going to see in the Artic is going to exceed what they can handle. Unwell the bridge is a LOT taller then most think. The railroad going down the Florida keys was pretty low n comparison. So a low bridge will need cleaning multiple times a day. And even more inspections.
At the worst time of the year I would not be surprised that they need to run inspection trips regularly. This increases labor costs and reduces the number of trains that can cross.
And don’t forget that ice scraping is extremely slow and time consuming so this will also increase labor at the expense of the number of trains a day.
The other big issue is that these scrapers do in fact put more ware on the rails so the rails will need to be replaced more often.
Do you think something like pic related would work? Just cover the tracks and they won't get icey.
 

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