Increased demand for railroad ties could drive prices for hardwoods higher. One of the largest railroads in the U.S. said it must replace millions of wooden railroad ties under its tracks, claiming ...

Axion International, New Providence, N.J., a producer of industrial building products and railroad ties made completely from recycled plastic, has signed an order to provide Axion’s recycled ...

CSX has agreed to remove creosote-treated railroad ties from the Dunnellon area following resident complaints. The railroad ...

Marion County and the city of Dunnellon have issued code violation notices to railroad companies over stockpiled creosote-treated railroad ties. Local officials and residents express concerns that the ...

A tie plate, also known as base plate or sole plate, is a steel plate that is used between the steel rail and railway sleeper. Tie plates basically have some holes and shoulder(s). But there is no ...

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Japanese trading house Sumitomo Corp. has made a strategic investment in Evertrak, a St. Louis, MI–based manufacturer of composite railroad ties — also known as sleepers — for the North American ...

A new factory at Union Pacific Railroad's 22nd Street yards will begin popping out millions of concrete railroad ties this summer to replace old wooden ties on the railroad's Southwestern rail line.