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• n  one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track

• Southern made a survey, found that normal crosstie replacements had been made in only six of the past 26 years, politely declined.
• In the Cal Zephyr's cab, Engineer Ray Flaar, 61, shouts above the wild clatter of the rails: "I've made this run so many times I know every crosstie and humpback.

• tie
• railroad tie
• sleeper

News & Articles

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• Metro track fire leads to brief Red Line disruption
  A smoldering wooden crosstie was reported north of Union Station around 6:30 a.m.
  Oct. 20, 2013 - Washington Post