[gonesilent]

Europe doesn't get quite the train length that you see in the US. Also automatic latching versus manual latching on train cars in the US. The US was first to bump latch cars smacking them into one another.

[KptMarchewa]

Yes, but that should not matter on lines where passenger traffic is not mixed with freight one.

[bombcar]

US rules (until recently) required heavy dust stock if there was the possibility of the trains meeting, even if the don’t run at the same time.