Ask any over-the-road trucker about snow and weight. Bob Nicholson __________________________________________
--- In [email protected], Bill Rigsby <silvergost1@...> wrote: > > > > > >  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 <t.hawley@...> wrote: > > > From: Tom Hawley <t.hawley@...> > 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 > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
