Amtrak passenger service on track for rail service across Gulf Coast from New Orleans to Orlando

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6. Couldn't agree more

But that would require getting the freight railroads on board, which is very difficult but might happen if there was the will in DC to fork over a few billion for track repairs. That's not the case though.

Also, Amtrak has a huge shortage of long distance equipment, which Congress would have to buy them. Basically they can add a few cars to a train or two, but they don't have enough to put together a whole new train, which requires at least 4 trainsets, if you have no backup cars.

In short, unless we get a very different sort of Congress and president it will be one of the many Amtrak routes that should exist, but don't.