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Passenger trains in the United States vs Europe (i.redd.it)
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[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

Its also so they can use less crews to run trains. A 2 person crew can run a long train that otherwise would require 2 or even 3 crews.