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Thank you! I don't know why they keep sticking to their scripts when it doesn't apply in this case.

Not even 40% of US long distance freight is by train. Just because that is one of the better nations doesn’t mean it’s as good as it can be.

Comparing miles of track to square miles of a country the US ranks 40th, with ~26 miles of track per 1,000 square miles of land. Just under South Africa, Pakistan, and Tunisia. #1 Switzerland has ~208 miles of rail per 1,000 square miles of land.

The US moves up to 25th comparing miles of rail per million people, with 278, but is trounced by #1, Canada, with 782 miles of rail per million people.