Weight of a car of an electric train?

Question

how much does a car of an electric train weigh?

Answer 1

Are you talking about model trains if so it can vary from what gage you are talking about.

G gage    can be about 2-4 lbs

O gage     .5-2 lbs

HO gage     .25 lbs

if you are talking about real trains then about 220-360 thousand lbs

for model trains you can go to mth-railking.com or lifelike.com

for real trains go to unionpacific.com or it may be up.com

Answer 2

Depends on the type of car.  All weights are listed on the side of the cars.  So you can look at any photo. Start at 220,000 pounds and up for boxcar.  Passenger and tank cars are more.