[fallujah-nuker]

"Big and I mean BIG trains hauling coal from Wyoming and ALASKA, on new rails."

We could electrify the railway mainlines too, that would reduce our use of diesel fuel.

[76834]

That is thinking "Out of the Box"
What is needed, nukes powering electrified rails from Alaska to the lower 48.
If Canada has a problem, just digest Canada...

[neutronsgalore]

"We could electrify the railway mainlines too, that would reduce our use of diesel fuel."

And we could increase the demand for high tech production in the US by making it high-speed maglev with requirements that it be 100% US-made. We would need to expand our nuclear-power network to provide the necessary electricity of course.