Things do run better when private (which is why they need more competition in Amtrak, which being publicly funded does a lackluster job) but I would like a state railway for the heck of it.
I am going to do that myself. I am going to make it sort of a banana republic so the equipment will be under-par. I saw some old passenger cars at the local train show that would have been perfect for this but I forgot to buy them!
I am creating my own country and making some State Railways for them, (I am that type of guy) and I want them to be unique. Has anyone else tried modelling their own free-lanced public railway. I know of a lot of private railways.