Rail doesn't need technological pipe dreams. A well run rail network is already really good at moving freight and passengers. The issue in the US is decades of

Rail doesn't need technological pipe dreams. A well run rail network is already really good at moving freight and passengers. The issue in the US is decades of cost cutting by the freight operators. This includes a lack of infrastructure investment, optimizing cost over speed, and overworking employees to an extreme amount. The technologies for better rail already exist. We just need to actually use them in America.