willie, no no no, we know very well that congress and trains dont mix real well on the fiscal side of things. now if you were to import some guest workers to work on train stuff,from, ohhhhhhhh say a large country to the west across a large ocean, which is known for making things very cheaply. well, then we might have our trains after all, but only then, and no other way at all.
Only Congress could turn a relatively short phenomenon like this spike in oil prices and turn it into a perpetual money machine and power grab for themselves.