I've read a few articles about it over the years. I don't know if this one is a good source, but it showed up in the keyword list and I do need to get back to w

I've read a few articles about it over the years. I don't know if this one is a good source, but it showed up in the keyword list and I do need to get back to work. https://www.freightwaves.com/news/why-is-europe-so-absurdly-backward-compared-to-the-u-s-in-rail-freight-transport https://www.freightwaves.com/news/why-is-europe-so-absurdly-... This one focuses on the design of the rail system itself. " the European railway business model was about moving passengers and not freight – the opposite of how North America dealt with its railroad system. " https://www.freightwaves.com/news/railroad/us-and-european-freight-railroads-are-on-different-tracks https://www.freightwaves.com/news/railroad/us-and-european-f... Someone else rightly pointed out Europe has other issues as well (some of them due to competing national standards) but prioritising passenger rail also caused some of their other limitations. and train lengths in Europe are definitely limited to avoid disruption to passenger rail which also has priority, which is completely backwards from an environmental perspective in my view. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Europe?useskin=vector#Train_lengths_and_double_stacking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Europe?usesk...