Question: Weight of Rails
From: "Heather Lawson" lawsonfam3@yahoo.com
How Much Per Foot Does A Steel Railroad Rail Weigh. I'm Real Interested To Know.
posted from CPRR Discussion Group at 8:36 PM
Monday, August 01, 2005
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1 Comments:
The weight of rails is expressed in pounds per yard (not per foot):
"The weight of locomotives suggested by the advisers ranged from twenty to forty tons, the weight being limited by the carrying capacity of the fifty- to sixty-five-pound rails then available. Today steel rails are double these weights, and locomotives weigh ten to fifteen times more than was then deemed safe. ... "
See the chart of Historic Rail Cross Sections 1767-1930 and (above the chart on the same webpage) a number of examples of original iron and replacement steel rail used on the transcontinental railroad.
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