Ten inches of snow is equivalent to one inch of rain. A gallon of water
weighs eight pounds, and 1 Cubic foot = 7.4801 Gallons, times the cubic area of
the unocupied space in the gondola or any other rail car that does not dain it
away.
--- On Mon, 9/26/11, Tom Hawley <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Tom Hawley <[email protected]>
Subject: {S-Scale List} The weather
To: [email protected]
Date: Monday, September 26, 2011, 7:06 PM
We recently discussed weighing rail cars. It reminded me of what an old
railroader once told me, that a gon load plus a lot of snow weighs more than it
did without the snow. I didn't think throwing that out would help anyone's
modelling efforts, so I didn't mention it, but just today I read this.
http://www.railwayage.com/breaking-news/shippers-challenge-charges-when-ice-makes-freight-overweight-3541.html
Tom Hawley -- Lansing Mich
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