What bugs me is that the (US) government is determined to blow infinite tax dollars to keep the airlines and the trucking industry healthy, and grudges every cent for the railroads. We let passenger rail go to hell in favor of the automobile for shorter trips and air for long ones, and nobody will admit that it was a mistake.

A 150-MPH express train could leave New York at suppertime and be in, say, Salt Lake City after breakfast. And how the hell is anyone going to hijack it?

Peter