the maps I am speaking of now are for france, mostly. the schedules are a nice thing to have, albeit unneccessary. I guess though that you can find country specific railmaps with a simple google search, as without a culture of freight riding, there is little to no security. I think this is true in a lot of countries, as outside of the US, when I search for them, I have really easily been able to find detailed maps and schedules of lots of freight. I guess coming from e-w should be fairly easy, but there are quite some options, so I couldnt say a "best".