[Cadaverous Pallor]

I am under the impression that they are building the least useful bit first because it's the easiest bit to build, being mostly in the middle of nowhere. One of the biggest obstacles to the train (other than cost, of course) is all the areas you have to go through. Getting one town on board is bad enough, with all the various property, city policies, elected officials who want to make a point about budgetary concerns, and NIMBYs....it will be a major miracle to get all the cities to go for it.

Personally, I think it's obvious and needs to happen.