Here is an interesting use of rails, suggested by Mike Morgan…
uh oh…Joe, does that give you some ideas? Time to build a couple ponds there… lol.
Interesting. There was one in the UK that took a canal boat into a tank of water and was then hauled via rail platform up the hill where it was deposited into the canal at the top. I think it was called the Foxton Lift.
Found it…http://www.hows.org.uk/personal/rail/incline/fox.htm