Weight of Rail
Do you have ... the total weight of the rails used by the CPRR in initial construction?
posted from CPRR Discussion Group at 8:46 PM
Thursday, February 16, 2006
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Assuming a single track using 60 lb rail, and excluding yards and sidings:
690 mi x 2 rails x 60 lb/yard x 5280 ft/mi x 1/3 yard/ft = 145,728,000 lbs
145,728,000 lbs x 1/(2204.62262 lb/metric ton) = 66,101 metric tons
66,101 metric tons / 690 miles = 95.8 metric tons/mile
... For the entire transcontinental railroad (including the Union Pacific, i.e., 1776 miles total instead of 690 miles for the CPRR), it would be about 66,101 x 1776/690 = 170,138 metric tons of rail.
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