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That unfortunately is under loading the car by quite a bit. Semi truck trailers are limited to 80,000lbs, including the trailer itself. Rail cars are usually ra
by ashtonkem 5y ago
That unfortunately is under loading the car by quite a bit. Semi truck trailers are limited to 80,000lbs, including the trailer itself. Rail cars are usually rated for much more, the Union Pacific will accept up to 268,000 lbs including the car itself. Loading two tractor containers on a rail car is leaving ~100,000 lbs of cargo capacity on the table, so to speak.
- toast0 5y agoYou can also double stack on the well cars (subject to height limits of the route); if you really want to hit the car weight limit, four 20foot containers at road limit should be close to the rail limit, depending on how much trailers and well cars weigh.