> container trains are [...] fast I never imagined for a second that these things were going slow for our benefit (maybe safety, noise etc). I just had in my m

> container trains are [...] fast I never imagined for a second that these things were going slow for our benefit (maybe safety, noise etc). I just had in my mind that they were simply incapable (technical reasons such as track or economic reasons like fuel efficiency) of going any faster. So they could be speeding through the rail crossing instead of crawling at what feels like five miles an hour?