I want to qualify what I'm about to say with the fact that I love love love trains, and have spent significant (1000+) hours riding them. I think trains, due m

I want to qualify what I'm about to say with the fact that I love love love trains, and have spent significant (1000+) hours riding them. I think trains, due mainly to speed, have a sweet spot to fill, and a future without air travel is not in the cards. Also, as trains become more popular, they will eventually become subject to the same security hassles as air travel. So I'm not directly contradicting you. Trains will always be more spacious and allow more freedom to move about and dine in comfort than planes. I think they have a definite role to fill (any trip between 100 miles and 600 miles in length assuming decent speeds of 150mph+). I'm just saying the future is going to be a heterogeneous mix of transportation options. Of course, if someone builds a train that moves at jet speeds, all bets are off.