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      <title>RTA PRESIDENT EXAMINES WOOD TIE "SHORTAGE" QUESTION</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Railroads' inconsistent cross-tie procurement practices contribute to problems of supply and price; adequate hardwood stumpage is not part of the problem.  Suppliers can no longer afford inventories to meet sudden demand increases.  Comments are included on current quality control, need for changes in wood treatment, and improved technology to meet more severe service demands including hybrid wood ties produced by recycling, laminating and use of special inserts.  There is also need for greater cooperation in producing an adequate rail fastener for wood ties.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 1980 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>PROBLEMS AND NEEDS IN TIE AND FASTENER RESEARCH</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The advantages of the timber crosstie--relatively low cost; traditional ready availability; toughness, resilience, and strength; allowance for a flexible system of support; relatively long useful life; and availability of a relatively inexpensive fastening system--are compared with its disadvantages--increasing cost; decreasing availability; economic relation to competing demands for timber; suitability for timber; suitability for increased train lengths, equipment configurations, and wheel loads; and availability of satisfactory substitutes.  Similarly, the advantages of the crosstie fastening system used in North America--relatively low cost, ease of application, satisfactory service for many years, and flexibility of tie loading--are compared with its disadvantages-selective loading of individual ties and mechanical wear in the tie plate and spike holes.  Areas for research suggested by the disadvantages are enumerated.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 Dec 1978 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>MODIFICATION OF WOOD</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Contents: Theory of chemical plasticization; Properties of plasticized non-ground and ground wood; Technological problems of plasticized non-ground, laminated and ground wood; Some data on the process of pressing of wood-particle boards; Wood modification by radio-chemical method.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Mar 1978 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>PROSPECTUS: CROSSTIE MANUFACTURING. NORTHEASTERN AREA STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY COOPERATIVE FORESTRY RESOURCE USE</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 1977 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>LUMBER POTENTIAL FOR CULL LOGS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This study indicates that the economic feasibility of using cull logs for lumber manufacture is marginal except in times of extremely high lumber prices.  Lumber price cycles and similar cycles in prices of products of pulp and plywood industries which compete for the cull log raw material tend to work against development of lumber processing capacity and residue reduction programs designed specifically for cull logs.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 1977 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>LOOK WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THE WOOD TIE</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Results of the experiments conducted on the Louisville & Nashville to test dowel-laminated and glu-laminated, and capped and reinforced ties are compared with the developments at Forest Products Laboratory.  A "particle board" tie, was also tested, and efforts to recycle old ties are discussed.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 1974 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>THE WOOD SUPPLY: WILL IT BE BIG ENOUGH FOR RAILROAD NEEDS?</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[There is enough hardwood sawtimber in the North and in the South Atlantic region to support an increased level of cutting in the next few years.  Beyond this, however, projected demands rise more rapidly than supplies.  Thus, unless management and research programs are promptly intensified, increasing competition and rising prices can be expected.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 1974 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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