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Tomstp

November 02, 2017 11:26AM

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I read one time a long time back that ground conditions really determine which is best , wood or concrete. The article said that concrete ties in the wet parts of Louisiana (which part is not?) were not good because their weight caused the track to sink. It stated wood ties had a buoyancy to them that helped keep the track from sinking. There were some other condition differences mentioned but it has been so long ago I have forgotten them.

I did find an interesting study on this: [www.rta.org]

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NNG: Norfolk Southern suing over millions of defective rail ties	Chris Webster	October 31, 2017 11:08AM
Re: NNG: Norfolk Southern suing over millions of defective rail ties	Rader Sidetrack	October 31, 2017 11:38AM
Re: NNG: Norfolk Southern suing over millions of defective rail ties	christopher king	October 31, 2017 11:42AM
Re: NNG: Norfolk Southern suing over millions of defective rail ties	Everett Lueck	October 31, 2017 03:08PM
Re: NNG: Norfolk Southern suing over millions of defective rail ties	Tomstp	October 31, 2017 03:36PM
Re: NNG: Norfolk Southern suing over millions of defective rail ties	Rader Sidetrack	October 31, 2017 04:31PM
Re: NNG: Norfolk Southern suing over millions of defective rail ties	Rader Sidetrack	October 31, 2017 04:31PM
Re: NNG: Norfolk Southern suing over millions of defective rail ties	Dirk Ramsey	November 01, 2017 12:27AM
Re: NNG: Norfolk Southern suing over millions of defective rail ties	jim pallow	November 01, 2017 05:51AM
Re: NNG: Norfolk Southern suing over millions of defective rail ties	nedsn3	November 01, 2017 06:30AM
Re: NNG: Norfolk Southern suing over millions of defective rail ties	jim pallow	November 01, 2017 04:47PM
Re: NNG: Norfolk Southern suing over millions of defective rail ties	Brian Norden	November 01, 2017 09:47PM
Re: NNG: Norfolk Southern suing over millions of defective rail ties	nedsn3	November 02, 2017 06:20AM
Concrete vs. Wood	kcsivils	November 02, 2017 08:06AM
Re: Concrete vs. Wood	nedsn3	November 02, 2017 07:49PM
Concrete ties	hank	November 01, 2017 08:32AM
Re: Concrete ties	Greg Scholl	November 02, 2017 07:08AM
Re: Concrete ties	Tomstp	November 02, 2017 11:26AM
Re: Concrete ties	J.B.Bane	November 02, 2017 03:37PM
Re: NNG: Norfolk Southern suing over millions of defective rail ties	T A Hunter	November 03, 2017 09:42AM

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