Hi Gang:

Here is more information on this salt lake in Siberian Russia:

https://siberiantimes.com/other/othe...ink-in-august/

Three eyed shrimp with 11 legs and they swim upside down ( to us??)

The salt would be hard on the tracks and the train parts that get wet. If you look at the locomotive, it seems to be a small diesel switcher mounted on top of a flat car. The track would be left loose on the salt bed and pushed where the best salt is.

Carl.