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Old 07-31-2013, 02:28 PM   #35
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So, let me see if I have this correct: A coal car is 53 feet long. A typical load is 3/4 ton per foot, or 1500 pounds per foot of length, and a coal car is 3 times that, or 4500 pounds per foot, so an average coal car weighs 238,500 pounds?
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