https://youtu.be/PZdA10b-tgY This is the dream of American Rail nearly two years ago. Well narrated, good visuals and a hopeful message. Sadly, the national and international financial situation has changed dramatically. The regulatory hurdles haven't really changed to the degree that they're encouraging or allowing the expansion of safe, reliable train transportation. The core regulatory agency, the Surface Transportation Board remains firmly in the hands of the top tier of freight transportation companies. Those companies jealously guard existing and even abandoned rights of way from being used by passenger rail. Just briefly mentioned in the video above, is the opposition to rail by Southwest Airlines. They see passenger rail as competition rather than a potential supplement to air transport. Airlines like to claim that government will be funding rail transit and condemn government intervention in the free market....