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2. Railroad tie - Wikipedia

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   A railroad tie, crosstie (American English), railway tie (Canadian English) or railway sleeper (Australian and British English) is a rectangular support for the rails in railroad tracks. Generally laid perpendicular to the rails, ties transfer loads to the track ballast and subgrade , hold the rails upright and keep them spaced to the correct ...

3. Railway Tie Association - Wikipedia

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   Railroad development kept pace with the expanding frontier in the United States after the American Civil War, creating a burgeoning need for new railroad ties. Every mile of track required about 2,500-3,500 crossties. Trains became heavier and faster and the railroads found it was less expensive to add more ties per mile than to buy heavier ...

4. Wood preservation - Wikipedia

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   Inventors and scientists such as Bethell, Boucherie, Burnett and Kyan made historic developments in wood preservation, with the preservative solutions and processes. Commercial pressure treatment began in the latter half of the 19th century with the protection of railroad cross-ties using creosote. Treated wood was used primarily for industrial ...

5. Track ballast - Wikipedia

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   Track ballast is the material which forms the trackbed upon which railroad ties (UK: sleepers) are laid. It is packed between, below, and around the ties. [ 1 ] It is used to bear the compression load of the railroad ties, rails, and rolling stock ; to facilitate drainage ; and keep down vegetation that can compromise the integrity of the ...

6. Cleanup of pollution from Springfield railroad tie facility ...

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   Home & Garden. Lighter Side. Medicare. new; News. Science & Tech. Shopping. Sports. Weather. 24/7 Help. ... The facility at 2800 W. High St. treated railroad ties from 1907 until 2004. The ties ...

7. Gandy dancer - Wikipedia

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   Tools for handling railroad cross ties and rails, including rail tongs (sometimes called "rail dogs"). Sketch published in 1915. As maintenance of way workers, besides lining bars gandy dancers also used special sledge hammers called spike mauls to drive spikes, shovels or ballast forks to move track ballast , [ 11 ] large clamps called "rail ...