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DaveM

June 15, 2007 08:45AM

Registered: 16 years ago
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Can anyone tell me approximately when creosote treated ties and tie plates became the norm for building track on many of the narrow gauge lines? I'm mainly interested in when Sumpter Valley would have started. I keep looking at pictures of old track and can't see tie plates being used. Also, many of the pictures you see, ties are light in color suggesting that they are not treated, especially for logging spurs and such. TIA.

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Creosote and tie plates	DaveM	June 15, 2007 08:45AM

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