The very long trains of mostly goods like coal are not an inevitability, though— it's a result of rail companies implementing PSR in response to some pretty spe

The very long trains of mostly goods like coal are not an inevitability, though— it's a result of rail companies implementing PSR in response to some pretty specific incentives, see: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/09/opinion/business-economics/freight-train-mismanagement.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/09/opinion/business-economic... A number of YouTube video essays argue the sides of this as well, here's one based around Sen. Sanders confronting a rail CEO in the wake of the recent Ohio derailment: https://youtu.be/e4w0q5NzCwA https://youtu.be/e4w0q5NzCwA