Re: ArsTechnica: What will it take to get a giant cargo ship unstuck from the Suez Canal?
They need to build a parallel railroad for backup! Though these days it would probably be a parallel highway.
Did you know that the
Panama Canal Railway was the first transcontinental* railroad in the Americas? Completed 1855. Currently a KCS subsidiary.
* Defined as connecting the Atlantic and Pacific. For pedants: the Caribbean is considered part of the Atlantic Ocean for this purpose.