| I say this is a railroad photo - I was standing on a trail made from a former MILW yard/industrial lead (the yard was moved away from the river so it wouldn't flood so often). Anyway, these guys work with/compete (not really, Mississippi River traffic is heavily subsidized by the tax payers - in fact, one of the reasons why there is no so much flood problems on the Mississippi is that the Army Corp of Engineers cares more about having navigation and protecting navigation on the river than keeping people safe from flooding - not to mention the canalization of the river has kept it out of its normal flood plain (and of course, people have built/farmed extensively on the flood plain which is also heavily subsidized by the federal government)) |