| Posted by Dan I. on February 8, 2022 | |
Wood, concrete, and now steel. Plastic next, maybe? Who knows? Anything is worth a try but as the wood will decay, crack, and split, it still looks the best even though steel and concrete ties will last much, much longer. I just hope some crafty thief out there in crime-land doesn't start removing steel ties and reselling them as scrap metal. These days with criminals breaking into railcars, truck trailers, and intermodal containers it could happen.
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Dan, go ahead and add plastic to your list. It has been tried.
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Plastic is here - at least in the UK. Mainly narrow gauge so far, but Network Rail are already experimenting with them for the national network.
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I need to go check these out. Not to far from where I am!
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The Bessemer RR in Pennsylvania used steel ties in the early-mid 20th century. Carnegie/US Steel had a 100 year lease of the road, so the road used US Steel made ties. Also unrelated to Bessemer, the Kiski Junction Railroad/Rosebud Mining used steel ties to relay the old Pennsy Valley Branch from Kiski's base at Schenley, PA near Pittsburgh to the mine near Logansport around 2005.
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the quintessence of a rail picture
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I'm sure model railroaders would use this as an example for their tracks. Beautiful detail shot Brandon!
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