Resources: Density, weight, and volume of materials

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

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Density (Imperial measure)

Density (Metric measure)

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Forest products

Product name

Product form

Density (Imperial measure)

Density (Metric measure)

Hazardous class

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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)

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