The ideal would be electrified trains for long distance, and battery semis for local. The rail companies have not been looking after their infrastructure since

The ideal would be electrified trains for long distance, and battery semis for local. The rail companies have not been looking after their infrastructure since they are cutting costs heavily. I read that one reason for Amtrak's poor performance is that freight railroads have single-tracked lines and removed passing sections leading to passenger trains stuck by freight trains.