Of course you understand that electric trains exist in the US right? The Chicago area (where I live) is serviced by electric train lines that go back at least

Of course you understand that electric trains exist in the US right? The Chicago area (where I live) is serviced by electric train lines that go back at least 100 years. The issue that the US faces is that Americans prefer private travel and that the demographics make that hard to overcome. Our tax policy doesn’t make it easier but frankly there is no economic reason to extend our electric train infrastructure further than it exists. [edit] that’s without mentioning that the US has the most highly developed rail infrastructure in the world. We choose to put freight on it…