Golden Train on Springfield Squidport

"AARONRTD;1579025" wrote:

"wadebear;1579018" wrote:

"AARONRTD;1579001" wrote:
The gold train would be wayyyy lighter.

A locomotive - an actual working locomotive and not just an object that looked like a locomotive - made of gold would require the same amount of metal that a locomotive made of steel would. So the one made of gold would weigh more.
2. When you're comparing the weight of 2 things you have to use a common weight system. So a pound of gold and a pound of feathers both weigh a pound - they just weigh that pound in which ever system of measurement you use.

1: A 1 inch cube (1x1x1) of steel lest say = 1lb (16oz)
So a 1 inch cube (1x1x1) of gold would be 1troy lb (12oz)
What you're saying is I need to rewrite 100's or 1000's of years of measurement systems just so as not to confuse you when asked a trick question.
But I'd be happy to by a pound of gold off you all (16oz) at the current market value of 1 pound of gold (12oz) heck I might splurge and get 2.

2. Next you'll say that the gold train has to be as strong as a steel train, so that would increase the overall size and weight and be heavier than the steel one (yeh you win the argument).

Great theory but just not correct, as 1 foot cubic of steel has a weight of 490 pound (0.2904 pounds per cubic inch) and a 1 foot cubic of gold has a weight of 1,206 pounds (slightly less than 0.7 pounds per cubic inch) these are at earth standard gravity

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