The document discusses railcar capacities for transporting grain. A standard railcar can hold 3500 cubic feet, 2813.5 bushels, weigh 76.58 tons, and hold 168,838 pounds. A unit train of 75 railcars can transport over 262,500 cubic feet, 211,013 bushels, weigh 5,743.78 tons, and hold over 12 million pounds of grain. During a typical shipping season with 10 unit trains delivered per week over 40 weeks, over 105 million cubic feet, 84 million bushels, and over 2 million tons of grain can be transported annually.

1. Rail Car
Cubic Ft
Capacity Cubic Ft/Bushel
Bushels/Rail
Car Bushels/Ton TONS/Rail Car #'s/Rail Car
3500 1.244 2813.50 36.74 76.58 168,838
1 metric ton = 2204.62262 lbs
UNIT Train
75 Rail Cars per Unit Train
Handles the following in Grain :
262,500 Cubic Ft per Unit Train
211,013 Bushels per Unit Train
5,743.78 Tons per Unit Train
12,662,877 #'s per Unit Train
5,743,844 Kg's per Unit Train
Deliveries Per Week
10 Unit Trains per Week
Train Delivery weeks (w Seasonal)
40 Weeks per Year (Seasonal)
Elevator and Shipping lines would need to accommodate this Annual Volume
105,000,000 Cubic Ft per Year
84,405,145 Bushels per Year 1,688,103 Bushels Per Week
2,297,514 Tons per Year
5,065,150,996 #'s per Year
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2. Rail Car
Cubic Ft
Capacity Cubic Ft/Bushel
Bushels/Rail
Car Bushels/Ton TONS/Rail Car #'s/Rail Car
4000 1.244 3215.43 36.74 87.52 192,958
UNIT Train
75 Rail Cars per Unit Train
Handles the following Grain:
300,000 Cubic Ft per Unit Train
241,158 Bushels per Unit Train
6,564 Tons per Unit Train
14,471,824 #'s per Unit Train
6,564,376 Kg's per Unit Train
Unit Deliveries Per Week
7 Unit Trains per Week
Train Delivery weeks (w Seasonal)
40 Weeks per Year (Seasonal)
Elevator and Shipping lines would need to accommodate this Annual Volume
84,000,000 Cubic Ft per Year
67,524,116 Bushels per Year
1,838,006 Tons per Year
4,052,110,649 #'s per Year
2 of 2 FINAL Soybean Railcar and Vessel Capacity /Railcar Capacities