> BTW, outside of Spain's Iberian gauge, I'm not aware of any inter-country freight problems. Loading gauge, not track gauge. Here in Britain, Network Rail's s

> BTW, outside of Spain's Iberian gauge, I'm not aware of any inter-country freight problems. Loading gauge, not track gauge. Here in Britain, Network Rail's standard W6a gauge is too small for standard shipping containers on standard cars. You need to get up to W8 for that, and W10 for High-Cube. They have that on certain corridors only. You can use special low-deck cars to get around it, of course, though those are heavier and more expensive to own and operate. Meanwhile in the US, all that investment cash has made double-stacked container transport the norm rather than the exception. Do not expect to see it in Europe in either of our lifetimes.