TIMBER LIKELY TO REMAIN FIRST CHOICE FOR US SLEEPERS

Limited experience of concrete sleepers in the US indicates that performance does not match that on European railways. With timber sleepers still half the price of concrete there is little economic justification for a change, but doubts over long-term supplies of suitable wood have promoted research into laminated and reconstituted sleepers as substitutes for solid timber.

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  IPC Transport Press, Limited

  Dorset House, Stamford Street
  London SE1 9LU,   England 
• Publication Date: 1976-1

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 17-19
• Serial:
  • Railway Gazette International
  • Volume: 132
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: DVV Media Group
  • ISSN: 0373-5346
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwaygazette.com/about-us.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Concrete; Concrete ties; Purchasing; Railroad ties; Supply; Timber; Wood ties
• Old TRIS Terms: Timber supply; Wooden cross ties
• Subject Areas: Economics; Freight Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00144063
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Union of Railways
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 16 1977 12:00AM