Weight of B&M sit down style trains.

Does anyone on this site happen to know what the weight of a full size B&M sit-down train is? I need to know for a coasterdynamix project.

what exactly are you trying to do? simply adding more weight would just increase the friction..... I recommend using the wheel assemblies from the inverted train, if you're trying to make it more realistic.

Originally posted by Jonny Richey

what exactly are you trying to do? simply adding more weight would just increase the friction..... I recommend using the wheel assemblies from the inverted train, if you're trying to make it more realistic.

We're trying to represent the weight of the people on the train. In order to figure out how much weight we need to add to the model train, we need to know how much the full-scale thing weighs.

[Mikey]

How many units per train?

^5, not including the zero car at the front.

[Mikey]

145 X 4 + 2400 X Units = 14,900 LBS not including the zero car which weighs about 550.

Originally posted by Mikey

145 X 4 + 2400 X Units = 14,900 LBS not including the zero car which weighs about 550.

That's without people, correct?

yes.

[Mikey]

That's loaded with 145LB Average per seat on the later model trains.

[hyyyper]

Originally posted by Kennyweird

Originally posted by Jonny Richey

what exactly are you trying to do? simply adding more weight would just increase the friction..... I recommend using the wheel assemblies from the inverted train, if you're trying to make it more realistic.

We're trying to represent the weight of the people on the train. In order to figure out how much weight we need to add to the model train, we need to know how much the full-scale thing weighs.

You should be very carefull with the calculations. While you can easily scale the track and train down, you have to take into account that gravity cannot be scaled.