My bad, thanks for the correction haha.
But yeah, I’ve never heard of this site before, either, so I’m also kinda skeptical. It’s hard to back up what the article said with Google searches (also… y’all. can we all agree to at least cite whatever it is that we’re reading, next time?), and most of the hype and coverage about this traces back to one retiree futurist. I wouldn’t have my hopes up for this particular project, at least not until more people independently verify what’s up.
Hydrogen-powered rail could get you the cleanliness and torque of electric trains, but without having to build caternaries (which Norfolk Southern/CSX would, no doubt, get pissy about). The cost and feasibility is kind of a reeeeeeeeally big unknown, though…