I believe a good rail could be very beneficial!   BUT, however.....
  This rail, and the way it was shoved down our throats with very little to zero public input on the particulars (That was actually listened to, and not just as a smokescreen)  was doomed from the start! If I remember correctly, the issue was never put on the ballot for we, the people to decide. The only thing we got to vote on was to make it steel on steel, and that was a yes or no question.
All the rest of this project was done behind closed doors, or hearings held with very short public notice, and the "powers that be" just came up with this particular project, and pretty much just shoved it down our throats. Very little sunshine.......People were saying the actual cost of building it would be much higher that was first announced. 
Not even mentioning the actual cost of operations once it was up & running...

THIS rail is not the answer!