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Where are you getting this 160 tonne figure from? An individual car can approach that, according to https://www.cn.ca/en/customer-centre/safety-guidelines-and-r
by ajb 3y ago
Where are you getting this 160 tonne figure from? An individual car can approach that, according to https://www.cn.ca/en/customer-centre/safety-guidelines-and-regulations/equipment-specifications https://www.cn.ca/en/customer-centre/safety-guidelines-and-r....
Apparently some Australian ore trains are 43,000 tonnes (24000 tonnes of ore), according to Wikipedia (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_trains https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_trains) so we are within an order of magnitude
- lcuff 3y agoYou're right. Brain burp/misread on my part. That's a figure for individual cars. Union Pacific site: Union Pacific (main freight carrier in Southern California) gives 286,000 lbs, ~ 140 tons https://www.up.com/aboutup/reference/maps/allowable_gross_weight/index.htm https://www.up.com/aboutup/reference/maps/allowable_gross_we...