> 100% of US freight trains use electric motors I think you mean diesel-electric. They are talking about electrified miles of track which is almost exclusively

> 100% of US freight trains use electric motors I think you mean diesel-electric. They are talking about electrified miles of track which is almost exclusively limited to passenger lines in the US. Even where freight trains run on electrified track, they still use diesel-electric motors. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_rail_transport_network_size https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_rail_tr...