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Digital San Luis and Rio Grade Backstory
Hi Folks: Heres the backstory for my digital Model Railroad the DSLRG The San Luis and Rio Grande valleys have been for many years economically disadvantaged and little more than desert and scrub. Various attempts have been made over the years to maintain a railroad through the valley. Beginning in the early 2000s, climactic changes, changes in water management upstream, and the discovery of a previously untapped shallow aquifer brought an agricultural boom to the valleys. At around the same time, the USGS began monitoring a previously unknown fault line in west Texas that they determined had the potential to unleash a severe quake. Seeing the potential for disruption of their southern transcontinental lines, BNSF began searching for alternatives for moving their products across the country. Unable to keep up with the boom in agriculture, as well as significant coal, mineral and oil strikes, the SLRG requested help from BNSF and was brought under the umbrella of BNSF as a bridge line.