Been doing some experimenting on train weights.
I created a consist of one loco (SD70M) and 91 high cube boxcar loads. Turns out the average weight of each loaded car was 120.75 US Tons. (10,988 tons / 91 cars). I could barely move the train. Run 8, needle in the 5 min red zone, highest speed I attained was 0.5 mph.
On line, I found some real world train stats and did some calculations. I completely ignored the empty car count, and divided weight by loaded cars
CN train Q 13711-27
November 27, 2000
Units: CN5659, CN5302, CN5434 (SD75I, SD40-2W, SD50F)
Train totals: 172 cars 169 loads 03 empty 11586 tons 11869 feet
68.56 US tons per loaded car
CN Train Q 13711-24
November 24, 2000
Units: CN5669, CN5343, GCFX6077 (SD75I, SD40-2W, SD40-3)
Train Totals: 173 cars 165 loads 08 empty 10203 tons 11778 feet
61.84 US tons per loaded car
CN Train Q 13711-22
November 22, 2000
Units: CN5668, CN5421 (SD75I, SD50F)
Train totals: 148 cars 142 loads 06 empty 8927 tons 10233 feet
62.87 US tons per loaded car
CN Train Q 13711-17
November 17, 2000
Units: CN2610, CN 9591 (C44-9W, GP40-2LW)
Train totals: 118 cars 105 loads 13 empty 7609 tons 9658 feet
72.47 US tons per loaded car
Railcars can either weight out or cube out. Weigh out means filled to weight capacity even if car is not completely full. Cube out is fill car completely full even though the weight is no where close to the car's max weight limits.
It seems as though way too much of our rolling stock in sim world is default set to weight out, rather than cube out. Which possibly makes the average car (and train) heavier than in real life.
Does anyone have additional real world train stats that allow us to calculate the average weight per load for various commodities? Coal is a commodity that probably gets closer to weighting out, but other types of loads probably cube out more often in real life.
I created a consist of one loco (SD70M) and 91 high cube boxcar loads. Turns out the average weight of each loaded car was 120.75 US Tons. (10,988 tons / 91 cars). I could barely move the train. Run 8, needle in the 5 min red zone, highest speed I attained was 0.5 mph.
On line, I found some real world train stats and did some calculations. I completely ignored the empty car count, and divided weight by loaded cars
CN train Q 13711-27
November 27, 2000
Units: CN5659, CN5302, CN5434 (SD75I, SD40-2W, SD50F)
Train totals: 172 cars 169 loads 03 empty 11586 tons 11869 feet
68.56 US tons per loaded car
CN Train Q 13711-24
November 24, 2000
Units: CN5669, CN5343, GCFX6077 (SD75I, SD40-2W, SD40-3)
Train Totals: 173 cars 165 loads 08 empty 10203 tons 11778 feet
61.84 US tons per loaded car
CN Train Q 13711-22
November 22, 2000
Units: CN5668, CN5421 (SD75I, SD50F)
Train totals: 148 cars 142 loads 06 empty 8927 tons 10233 feet
62.87 US tons per loaded car
CN Train Q 13711-17
November 17, 2000
Units: CN2610, CN 9591 (C44-9W, GP40-2LW)
Train totals: 118 cars 105 loads 13 empty 7609 tons 9658 feet
72.47 US tons per loaded car
Railcars can either weight out or cube out. Weigh out means filled to weight capacity even if car is not completely full. Cube out is fill car completely full even though the weight is no where close to the car's max weight limits.
It seems as though way too much of our rolling stock in sim world is default set to weight out, rather than cube out. Which possibly makes the average car (and train) heavier than in real life.
Does anyone have additional real world train stats that allow us to calculate the average weight per load for various commodities? Coal is a commodity that probably gets closer to weighting out, but other types of loads probably cube out more often in real life.
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