Railroad Neighbors?

Different snowmachine trails we've ridden from the property

Over the years, we've been following the potential development of a railroad that would begin at the new borough deepwater port in Point MacKenzie and hook up to the current railroad somewhere near Big Lake, which runs north to Fairbanks, and south to Anchorage and then onward to Seward.  Of course there isn't yet a plan to transport any goods on this railroad spur, but it is slowly being fed money to study, choose a route, and build if funds become available, thorough some magic manipulation of public money. When we bought our land 7 years ago, a route near our land wasn't even included in the choice list, but someone must have done a little more research and it was soon added. I've attended public meetings, wrote letters to be considered in an EIS (Environmental Impact Statement) and griped plenty about this situation, and while we haven't officially heard which route was chosen, we suspected before and suspect even more now that we may someday have a railroad as our property neighbors. 

We went out to the property to work on trim and while we were out on an evening walk, we discovered more surveying of our property line to the west, an eight foot wide clearing just beyond our line, and elevation markers.  It looked like a big tracked vehicle, a bunch of snowmachines, and a chainsaw were awfully busy this past week.  Other than remarking our property lines, they didn't creep on our land or yet take advantage of the easement that runs on the west boundary, but it still leaves a feeling of dread because who really wants to have a railroad in their backyard?