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Russo Loco

January 08, 2019 11:46AM

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Tie Plates or no tie plates, you still need rail braces on the outside of switches for a few feet where the points prevent the use of spikes on the inside of the outer rail. Again, see the photo at [ngdiscussion.net] for a good example.

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