QUOTE: Originally posted by railman The reason BNSF is looking at cutting the line is due to its' namesake, Devils Lake. DL is like a big toilet, collecting all the water in the area, and it's been growing...a lot. In the ancient days (500 years ago) it burst to the Red River of the North when it got "full", and depending on how high it gets now, it may eat the tracks, then flood to the river, contaminating the Red with water that hasn't met in the passing centuries. I remember reading about this in the Star Trib (Star Tribune, Minneapolis paper) a few months ago.
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