UP's Laramie Tie Plant

[ben13]

Does anyone know where I can find information on UP's tie plant in Laramie. It used a 30 inch gauge but thats all I know.

[leighant]

UP tie treatment plant, Laramie, Wy. _Model RRer_ Feb80 p.93
Union Pacific standard branding code for track ties, lists various types of timber & treatment _NMRA Bull_ Aug78 p.40j

see also:
CREOSOTE TREATING/TREATED LUMBER
Creosote plant- tie stacking, narrow-guage retort tramway
_NMRA Bull_ May76 p.57
creosoting cylinders being shipped across 4 flatcars
_NMRA Data Sheets_ D9k.2
Durrenberger model _Mod RRer_ Nov88 p.91
Koppers pressure-treated wood used on Trailer-Train TOFC decks
ad _Rwy Age_ Jan.18, 1960 p.53


Modern Tie plant. Koppers in Montgomery PA.
_RR Mod Craftsman_ Mar93 p.99

simulating creosote _Mod RRer_ Apr94 p.151

tie stacking _NMRA Data Sheets_ D9m.

Vulcan diesel used in wood treatment plant.
_Journal of TX Shortline RRs_ FebMarApr98 p.40

Wood Protection Co. Houston TX, mfts custom-preserved lumber, uses 8-ton Gerlinger lift, per ad for Gerlinger Co.
_BusinessWeek_ Dec.24 1955 p.79

[ben13]

Thanx