Railways Forever Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 what do the small numbers mean 7-11 7-6 and other numbers on mineral wagons Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 (edited) Tare weight. The weight they are when empty. So that when they go on to a weighbridge you can measure if they are overloaded. Or can charge the correct amount. It's in Tons then Hundredweight then Pounds. So 7 Tons 11 Hundredweight. They didn't tend to bother with the pounds by this date, but older wagons did. Thread here with more information. https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/83119-wagons-to-carry-1000-tare-640-what-does-it-all-mean/ Also when a wagon is 16 tons. That is the amount it can carry, not it's weight. Jason Edited December 15, 2020 by Steamport Southport 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 11 hours ago, Steamport Southport said: Tare weight. The weight they are when empty. So that when they go on to a weighbridge you can measure if they are overloaded. Or can charge the correct amount. It's in Tons then Hundredweight then Pounds. So 7 Tons 11 Hundredweight. They didn't tend to bother with the pounds by this date, but older wagons did. Thread here with more information. https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/83119-wagons-to-carry-1000-tare-640-what-does-it-all-mean/ Also when a wagon is 16 tons. That is the amount it can carry, not it's weight. Jason Tons, hundredweights and quarters, I recollect 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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