Reply To: Decals for re-weighs

[Charles Duckworth]

@IndyCity wrote:

Please help me.

What is the meaning of these re-weighs and where to place them on the model ?

If you look at the small data under the car initial and number there’s stenciling for the capacity of the car, the load limit and the last line is the actual light weight of the car or tare weight. When weighing a loaded car you subtract the total weight of the car from the light weight to get the weight of the commodity being shipped so the freight charges can be determined. The AAR mechanical rules defined how often a rail car had to be weighed empty so the light weight was accurate. It also stated the restenciling requirements such as where the car was weighed and the month and year. Weights changed due to general wear, load dividers being added or removed, major rip track repairs, etc

You’ll see in photos as example, LT WGT 56000 DES 5-80 meaning the car was weighed at DeSoto, Missouri May 1980 or in the example of the attached photo the light weight shows as NEW meaning the car weigh is what it weighed when it was built.
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Here’s an example of a NOT&M stock car showing the car was light weighed at 43,900 pounds in South San Antonio, Texas (SSA) in June 1950.
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