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The electrification started in the early 1900 in Germany when high cube cars weren't even thought of. The electrification limited railcar height from the beginning. The German loading gauge was determined in 1928. It wasn't changed as a lot of buildings, bridge piers, station platforms were built according to it in the early years. The population density and the narrowness of towns and cities didn't allow easy adjustments. Container shipping follows a special procedure. Comming from China on mega carriers (20,000+ TEU) containers are transloaded in the large harbors like Rotterdam, Antwerp, Hamburg etc. on smaller container feeders (1,500 to 3,000) and then shipped to smaller harbors e.g. on the Baltic Sea. From all harbors containers are transported by train or truck over much shorter distances than in the USA. The relatively short length of freight trains is determined by the length of sidings. Currently sidings are extended where necessary for 2,400 ft long freight trains. As passenger trains have absolute priority freight trains must be able to run at 65 to 75 mph not to hinder the passenger trains. Longer freight train length ala USA are counterproductive. Regards, Volker
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