Resources: Weight and density of materials

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Weight and density of materials

So you want to create a particular commodity to use with Trainz, and you want to help users of your commodity know just how much of the product can be loaded in the equipment they operate. These tables will help you create loads with the proper sizes to make loading into various types of cars operated by trainzers as convenient as possible. .

How to use this page

If the commodity you wish to model happens to not yet be listed in the table, you may need to use ordinary research methods to find the weight of the commodity, or for commodities in bulk, the density.


The tables below gather into one place several parameters for various commodities. The items in the tables include the following parameters:

  • Product name
  • Product form:


list the weight of items (where known) or, in the case of bulk commodities, the density.

Agricultural products

Product name Product form Density (Imperial measure) Density (Metric measure) Hazardous class Source comment
Oats, no 1 (US) Bulk 33.8 pounds per cubic foot 541 kg per cubic meter Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oats
Oats, no 1 (Canada) Bulk 34.3 pounds per cubic foot 549 kg per cubic meter Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oats
Oats, Prime Milling (Australia) Bulk 32.8 pounds per cubic foot 525 kg per cubic meter GTA Oat Standards 2013/2014
Corn, no 1 (US) Bulk 45 pounds per cubic foot 722.3 kg per cubic meter USDA grain inspection handbook
Corn, no 1 (Canada) Bulk 42.3 pounds per cubic foot 680 kg per cubic meter Canada Corg grading guide
Corn, Prime (Australia) Bulk 44.8 pounds per cubic foot 720 kg per cubic meter GTA Maize Standards 2012

Food

Product name Product form Density (Imperial measure) Density (Metric measure) Hazardous class Source comment

Forest products

Product name Product form Density (Imperial measure) Density (Metric measure) Hazardous class Source comment

Manufactured products

Product name Product form Density (Imperial measure) Density (Metric measure) Hazardous class Source comment
Caterpillar D11 Dozer unit 82640 lbs 37565 kg Caterpillar web site
Caterpillar D7 Dozer unit 48402 lbs 22000 kg Caterpillar web site
Kraft Paper unit: 87 inch wide by 5 feet diameter rolls 6000 pounds per roll 2750 kg per roll Reference Rolls are shipped on end

Mining products

Product name Product form Density (Imperial measure) Density (Metric measure) Hazardous class Source comment
Iron ore, hematite bulk 4000-5000 lbs per cubic yard 1810-2450 kg per cubic meter Backyard
Iron ore, magnatite bulk 4700 lbs per cubic yard 2790 kg per cubic meter Backyard
Iron ore, pyrite bulk 4350 lbs per cubic yard 2280 kg per cubic meter Backyard
Iron ore, taconite bulk 3600-4200 lbs per cubic yard 1630-1900 kg per cubic meter Backyard
Coal, Anthracite, Raw Bulk 2000 lbs. per cubic yard 1190 kgs per cubic meter Backyard

Petroleum products

Product name Product form Density (Imperial measure) Density (Metric measure) Hazardous class Source comment

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