02-03-2015, 07:49 PM
When railroading was deregulated in the 1980's the requirement to weigh all cars was removed. They have instead gone to an agreed upon weight the railroad will charge per car. They are usually figured out right around the capacity of the car. If you notice on older cars the use to have three sets of weight numbers and now they only have two. There are still scales in use on some properties today and customers are charged a fee for each car that is weighed. In the 1990, they would still be around many large industries and yards there use could be daily or not at all.