Re: Victoria...it begins!

[gonoNOCRAP@bigpond.com.au]

On Thu, 11 Mar 1999 07:13:16 -0500, James Robinson <NOSPAM@ERIE.NET>
wrote:

>David Bromage wrote:
>> 
>> Reece Isaac (throttle@alphalink.com.au) wrote:
>> > How about 100 ton hoppers imported from US.  100 tons,  What does that equal
>> > in tonnes?
>> 
>> The problem is you can't run 25t axle loads in Victoria.
>> 
>> Cheers
>> David
>
>A "100 ton car" in North America describes the nominal capacity of the
>wagon in short tons.  The gross weight would be 263,000 lb. when fully
>laden.  That works out to about a 29.9 metric ton axle load.  Such
>wagons are regularly operated on rails as light as 80 lb. per yard (40
>kg/m)  
>
>Given that Freight Victoria does not own the track, but will be
>maintaining it, it will be interesting to see what practices they are
>able to put in place.
We are forgetting something here a US ton is 2000 LB a Aus ton is 2240
LB do your figures and the difference between Aus & US are not so
great!!
regards