Re: C&S Coal Usage on the C&S ng

Posted by Pat Student on May 15, 2024; 5:16pm
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/C-S-Coal-Usage-on-the-C-S-ng-tp19675p19677.html

Mile

Tare weight of a car does not figure in its capacity. If the marked capacity is 50,000, the car can be safely loaded to 50,000 pounds with a gross weight of 70,000 pounds.  The load limit of 55,000 pounds allows for some overage as  these cars were't loaded on a scale.

On my Marshall Pass data weights are given as gross (10 tons for the car) and very, very few were as high as 38 tons with the vast majority between 34 and 36 tons for a 50,000 pound capacity car.

Remember the shipper was likely filling orders for 25 tons, so anything above was lost revenue/

Pat