In episode 2 of The Third Rail, Adam and Owen unpack WMATA's $913 million initiative to automate the Red Line on the Washington Metrorail, with major implications about the system's reliability, safety, operational efficiency and labor relations. And then, they discuss a recent audit from Brightline in Florida, the nation's only privately-owned and -operated intercity passenger railroad, casting doubt on Brightline's longterm fiscal solvency. Expanding more broadly, the two discuss the pros and cons of private and public operation of intercity rail travel.