how heavy is a train cart

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30-80 tons

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How heavy a train is relates to mainly how many cars the locomotive is pulling. A train car weighs between 30-80 tons. Passenger cars like sleepers coaches are heavier than an empty freight car. A train consists of locomotives and cars. In some situations there can be up to 6-8 locomotives for one train, depending on the load and number of cars.

A modern railcar has a gross capacity of 286,000 lbs or 125.5 tons moving in trains consisting of 100 cars or more, yielding a total carrying capacity of 12,500 tons, an increase of over 181% in carrying capacity. Power of Locomotives

Trains would consist of an average of 60 cars and hence, have a carrying capacity of 4,440 tons. A modern railcar has a gross capacity of 286,000 lbs or 125.5 tons moving in trains consisting of 100 cars or more, yielding a total carrying capacity of 12,500 tons, an increase of over 181% in carrying capacity.

Most of the passenger trains in the United States are averaging around 6-10 cars. However the scenario of one car connected to one locomotive, or even just one self powered train car also known as a railcar is quite common (more so in Europe).