Studies were done a long time ago, and they should have been heeded.  This little rock simply does not have the infrastructure, the population density (although we are doing a real good job displaying how "dense" we really are by continuing to vote people in that don't represent our best interests) or the consolidation of workplaces, to justify a rail.  Do we have a lot of people here? Yes.  Do we have a major traffic problem that is only getting worse and worse? Obviously.  Is rail the answer?  Absolutely not.  It will not work, and cannot support itself in the slightest.  We all will be paying for this forever and ever, until someone finally decides that we no longer can pay for it.