🚀 go-pugleaf

A weird thought, after reading the discussion here about the LA Metro.
Has anyone considered ferry trains?  That is, trains that can carry
automobiles?

I've been doing a bit of commuting by ferry boat since I moved from
California to Washington nearly two months ago, and this works quite
well.  The thing that makes it work well is that I have my car at both
ends.  If I'm a little late and will miss the ferry, big deal, I can
just drive around.  It's a little faster to drive around, even, but not
by much, and, assuming the usual cost-per-mile, it costs about 1/4 as
much to ferry than drive, and I get the advantages of not driving -- I
can read or sleep or whatever during the trip (heck, I can go upstairs
and grab breakfast at the cafeteria).

Why wouldn't something like this work with trains?  You'd have a bunch