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Mauritania: Mauritania Railway – 20,000 metric tons

≈27.2 tonnes ≈60K pounds
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#110Category rank 93%Weight position HighConfidence 1Source

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Mauritania: Mauritania Railway – 20,000 metric tons

Mauritania: Mauritania Railway – 20,000 metric tons has an estimated weight of ≈27.2 tonnes. It ranks #110 of 752 in the Vehicles category.

Source excerpt: As the only operating freight train in Mauritania, this 20,000 metric ton load carries iron ore on a 16-21 hour journey. 220 iron hoppers are connected to form a 1.5 mile long train (with more wagons, we placed it above the Daquin train).

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752 Items in category 6,301 tonnes Category average 2.01 tonnes Category median 12 grams–365,906 tonnes Category span

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≈27.2 tonnes

Weight details

Typical ≈27.2 tonnes
Minimum 27.2 tonnes
Maximum 27.2 tonnes
Value type Approximate
Weight reference text

A typical rail car weighs around 30 tons when empty and can hold up to 100 tons of additional weight.

Unit conversions

Kilograms27,216 kilograms
Pounds60,000 pounds
Metric tonnes27.2 tonnes
Grams27,215,542 grams
Ounces960,000 ounces
Stones4,286 stones

Source

1 sources
List of The 10 Heaviest Trains in The World (With Images) weightofstuff.com · Vehicles · Section: 2. Mauritania: Mauritania Railway – 20,000 metric tons · Article updated 2024-05-16
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How much does Mauritania: Mauritania Railway – 20,000 metric tons weigh?

Mauritania: Mauritania Railway – 20,000 metric tons typically weighs about ≈27.2 tonnes, within a recorded range of 27.2 tonnes.

Where does Mauritania: Mauritania Railway – 20,000 metric tons rank among Vehicles?

It ranks #110 of 752 entries in Vehicles, heavier than 93% of items in the dataset.

Where do these weight figures come from?

The data comes from 1 source articles on weightofstuff.com, most recently updated on 2024-05-16.

Dataset information

Items indexed <built-in method items of dict object at 0x7fb450331200>
Source articles 430
Categories 11
Confidence High
Category Vehicles
Category rank #110 of 752
Weight position Heavier than 93% of items
Updated 2024-05-16
Measurement type Mass
Dataset ID mauritania-mauritania-railway-20-000-metric-tons
URL slug mauritania-mauritania-railway-20-000-metric-tons

Confidence reflects how explicit the source wording is: exact values are high, ranges or approximations are medium, and vague statements are low.