First things first Babe. Fix all US bridges, tunnels, interstate highway systems,with utmost safety in mind. Then we can discuss the low,low, below low priority of high speed rail. Thx Hon.
The cost of acquiring the land rights alone would be $trillions. Just look at California trying to build one. Buying just the land rights has quintupled the cost, and they shrank the size of the project.
Europe is tiny in comparison.