[Althuns]

Here in the midwest, the freight companies will intentionally pad the train with empty cars until it's just too long to fit in the passing turnouts and therefore forces passenger trains to pull off and wait. Detroit to Chicago and back is therefore a tossup between arriving early and arriving 12-24hrs late.

[anticensor]

In Europe and Asia, we solve that issue by limiting maximum consist weight, usually in the range of 2k to 5k tons.