>>1734887One of the things that I've never heard in electrifying North American rail networks is height limits, so it would mean that no car could have a higher clearance than the locomotive. In passenger trains of any type (including light rail and trolleys, which is usually electrified) it's not a big deal since the cars are all the same height, but in locomotives, it's not, which would rule out flat cars with double-stacked cargo containers, which are extremely common especially in long distances, and absolutely are better kept off the roads.
Furthermore, the "electrification of tracks" idea comes from Europe, which hardly does any business in freight traffic via railroad, has lower axle loads, can't have long trains, and can't have tall trains. Hell, they don't even have a consistent gauge in the European Union; Spain and some of the Scandinavian countries have different ones.
