Yeah. It was always such a weird idea.

My brother worked at Virgin Hyperloop, and I think pretty much everyone there felt similarly that building trains of any kind was a worthwhile ambition, even if this particular implementation was a quixotic and unrealistic approach to high-speed rail development. But you take work where you find it. Hopefully the Brightline trains will demonstrate that a more conventional approach just makes more sense, and lead to more tried-and-tested rail projects.