The other day I was reading an article about BNSF and how they have a problem with a lake that is rising because it has no natural outlet and how the gov and locals will have to fork over 94m to raise the rails. I sitting here reading this and thinking I would solve their problem for 10million. I would rent a bachoe and dig a ditch to the nearest creek and save everyone a bunch of money and look like a hero in the process and be rich to boot
Three decades ago there was a similar problem with a landlocked lake. 20+ miles of rail parallel to I80 had to be raised about six feet rather hastily. I would have liked to see you, or anyone, apply your quick fix.
The lake was The Great Salt Lake, and the necessary outlet (to the Colorado River system) would have made the Panama Canal look like an irrigation ditch.
Chuck (Modeling soggy Central Japan in September, 1964)
Do you know the area and geography?
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I understand solutions that are worse than the problem. I have that in the train room all the time. I had a noisy brass engine once. I hit it with a big hammer. It is not noisy any more. Problem solved.
ARTHILL I understand solutions that are worse than the problem. I have that in the train room all the time. I had a noisy brass engine once. I hit it with a big hammer. It is not noisy any more. Problem solved.
LOL...I call my big hammer "the adjuster." And it works every time.
Wayne
Modeling HO Freelance Logging Railroad.
High water can cause washouts and derailments. (This is not the high lake, however.)
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
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Heartland Division CB&Q High water can cause washouts and derailments. (This is not the high lake, however.)
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Open land development for cabins and such around the lake if it doesn't already have enough. In short order, the lake levels will fall, docks will be high and dry, boats beached, and the railroad will be saved. It works that way in Ontario. Mind you, the locals will put up a bit of a fuss as their land value will fall commensurate with lake levels.
I plan on underbidding you by 1 million with this.
It's probably Devil's Lake in North Dakota. The state government has planned that for years. BUT - The nearest river is the Red River (of the North) and since that flows into Canada the federal governments got involved.
The biggest problem are the critters in the lake. They have no enemies in the Red River to control them if they start destroying th native fish. And sport fishing is big in the lakes of Manitoba (where the Red River flows into.) Much like the Asian Carp in the Mississippi.
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I would imagin that the enviromental impact survey study, and the lawyers would consume your meager budget. You may have enough left over to buy a shovel if you are luckey, and by the time the litigation is done we may be in a drought and the extra water could be sold for a couple of bucks a bottle.
Paul
It is a pity, if the lake is in North Dakota as suggested by g&gfan, that it is so far from Texas where some lakes are drying out.
Mother Nature wields some quirky tricks on us mortals from time to time.
Alan, Oliver & North Fork Railroad
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