Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic

Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic

Trinity 5161 Cubic Foot Covered Hopper
9 Comments
TruckerMike 2 May, 2024 @ 4:48am 
The game uses both imperial and metric. You can change it in the settings ingame.
Now for the nitty gritty.
Gross rail load: 286,000 lbs
Light weight (tare weight): 62,400 lbs
Load limit: 223,400 lbs
That gives 1000 lbs overhead for accidental overload and maintenance fixes in the form of additional steel welded on.
_Sabro_ 1 May, 2024 @ 11:06pm 
That is exactly what I wrote two comments ago, but I converted lbs to metric tons, which is what the game uses.
TruckerMike 1 May, 2024 @ 3:28pm 
"So we can all blame different systems and not very nice fact that no one specify what type of tons they’re using for all this haha"
That's why surface transportation in North America uses lbs. for the most part and 2000 lbs is one ton. Most railcars can carry around 100+/- tons. In the case of this specific railcar, 286,000 lbs or 143 tons total railcar weight. Subtract the tare weight from the gross weight and you'll get the net weight or payload capacity.
_Sabro_ 1 May, 2024 @ 1:45pm 
Calculating from capacity would be the last resort, but usually the load limit depends not on capacity, but the car chassis structure and axle limits. For example, Polish tanker cars of 406R type have a capacity of 61m3 and 58t weight limit, while longer and newer 445R type have a capacity of 95m3, yet the weight limit only increased to 65t. Improvements in chassis structure and use of new UIC trucks allowed the 7t weight limit increase despite the car being longer and 2t heavier. I wasn't entirely sure about North American standards regarding these limits, but I found this little guide https://www.bouldercreekengineering.com/scale_ops3.php which according to your rail cars would be "overloaded and unsafe".
Lex713  [author] 1 May, 2024 @ 1:32pm 
It’s actually a bit more tricky. Regardless the fact that I’ve been asked to put this much capacity specifically, I calculated it by myself using density of a wheat grain between 45 and 50 pounds per cubic foot. Multiplying volume of car (5161 cu ft) by density of grain (let’s take 45 lb per cu ft) and dividing result by lb/t which is 2000 in this case and I ended up with 116t. But if I take another ton it’s gonna be 2200 lb per t and so it ends up with 105t. So we can all blame different systems and not very nice fact that no one specify what type of tons they’re using for all this haha
_Sabro_ 1 May, 2024 @ 1:13pm 
Yeah, I know that issue very well. The load limit on the models where it's visible seems to vary within the 1000lbs.
Although it still can be deducted from the information you've provided
GRL 286000lbs (~129.7 metric tons) - 28.4t car weight = ~101t
Lex713  [author] 1 May, 2024 @ 1:09pm 
They may or may not be from slightly different, smaller model because it’s hard to find this specific car online and in real life
Pitagoras991 1 May, 2024 @ 1:04pm 
But there are diffrent tones
Metric tonne - 1000kg
Short tonne - 907kg
Imperial tonne - 1016kg
_Sabro_ 1 May, 2024 @ 12:37pm 
Based on the load limit markings, the max capacity should be 101.6t