TR,

This Rail-Veyor system requires a very small footprint widthwise from what I can see. I picture a very basic click-clack type of approch. Where terrain must be firm, or made so. Yes...There are obstacles, but the path itself I can only imagine will be not as dependent on massive clear cutting, and has been studied extensively by both Noront, and especially KWG.  The Esker, as it has been said, offers the best route, and highest ground. With the proper re-engineering to facilitate the Rail-Veyor system were looking at dramatic cost reduction, as well as time savings which should translate into a rail in a fraction of the time required for a conventional engine/car model.

Regardless of the challenges of traversing the terrain. Again, this is in my opinion, for I am no expert. This Rail Veyor system is the closest thing to a Ring of Fire rail that we have seen yet, and the most promising. I must admit...This is exciting, and I am looking forward to hearing more from KWG.

TM. 

https://www.thesudburystar.com/news/local-news/kwg-forging-ahead-with-ring-of-fire-railroad

.....“When KWG spawned this new company they staked claims from the Ring of Fire to an area just outside of Nakina, by the Aroland First Nation,” said Marquis. “The claims are on an esker that basically comes straight down, so that’s how the railroad would be built, right upon the esker.”......

.......Rail is also “much more environmentally friendly than trucks,” he said. “I personally believe there will be a rail resurgence in many ways — in transit, in freight — because the world has changed and the green economy is going to be a driver in a lot of decisions going forward.”

No government funding has been pledged to a railroad at this point, he said, but that isn’t stopping KWG and Canada Chrome from forging ahead on their own.

“That’s where KWG is a little bit different from others,” he said. “We’re not going to wait for the government — not to say there is any animosity there, it’s just that things take forever when you are dealing with the government, especially now.”

Marquis said both levels of government could be involved at a later date but in the meantime KWG and Canada Chrome are “not building any of our financial models on any gifts of any sort.”

The first step will be to complete environmental assessments, he said, with Marten Falls and Webequie First Nations taking a lead role in this process.

Once a permit is obtained, Marquis said it would take three years to construct the railroad, which will have to cross two major rivers — the Albany and Attawapiskat — as well as significant swathes of muskeg.

“There will definitely be challenges, but finding the eskers was brilliant, because that will allow an infrastructure to build on,” he said.......