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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by clinchvalley ebriley, we're talking turnouts/switches. I know there are tons of concrete ties on regular track, I laid hundreds of them in the 70's on the FEC. You will NOT see concrete ties under switches on mainline US railroads with heavy traffic unless they really improve the technology........[/quote] I think the technology has improved enough for CSX to install a crossover with concrete sleepers near Brunswick, Maryland. I posted the question on [url="http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=13941"]Trains Magizine Forum.com[/url] and got an answer instantly. I seems that citizens of the small community down the line from him, where they installed it, are complaining that it is shaking houses from their foundations. No doubt they're hoping you're right about the lack of durability.
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