Pfft. If that's the reason why it never happens, that's pathetic.
I'd love high speed rail, at least coast to coast. The issues with doing that given the current fedgov are near nothing, especially with the economy about to collapse. After the collapse, it could happen.
If a way could be developed to pick up and drop off whole cars “mid-flight” without slowing down the whole train, I see a future for this.
Coast to coast trains that have little accelerator and decelerator stations passing cars to the unstopping train at points along the way.
That would be really cool and utterly terrifying.
