Found this mention of a high speed train being proposed on DIGG of all places. Which is great, as trains have a fuel efficiency that is more than 3 times that trucks. It's interesting to note that train services are seeing a record breaking boom with the rise of petroleum based fuels. Their higher fuel efficiency should help them to be able to compete quite well, finally, against the more dominant forms of transportation. California is the perfect state to state this kind of project, as they are otherwise so heavily effected by rising consumer fuel costs.

    It would be an interesting future if the age of trains saw a rebirth. The state ownership of Amtrak might finally be seen as a golden investment, which is good because our government is rather broke.