Nice opinion piece.  And that's just what it is: opinion.  I'm so glad I have the option to ball up this garbage article and not read past the first few paragraphs.  I love the long-distance trains. 

No, there's more to the script, and here's where Hyperloop, though a neat idea conceptually, misses the mark. Trains make stops between large cities. I live in Durham, NC. Durham will never see a hyperloop. But we have good rail service. I used to board trains in Richmond every couple of months for a year. Would…