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Thanks for all the info from everyone! When i said it was not uncommon to see crossties over the tracks i was generally referring to industrial spurs or rarely used ones. It seems here that the crossties are there because they have been there for years and no one seems to have much of a reason to upgrade. When the overhead was extended further along my line the new spurs for EMU's had a steel frame sort of thing mounted at the end. However at other places that have had their spurs longer there are still crossties even for EMU's, indeed for a while at Port Melbourne station the light rail/tram line was ended with crossties. This photo (thanx to VICSIG) shows old EMU's at Epping with the crossties clearly visable at the end of the track. http://www.vicsig.net/photo.php?filename=20020126-epping-130m-89m-148m-69m.jpg Do the bumping post or wheel stops get placed on practically every spur? Or does it depend on the location of the spur? For example a track ending close to a road, carpark, or similar, would be judged a greater potential danger than a spur ending in a field or a ditch or somewhere away from the public? and thus determine the type of device used?
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