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crosstie

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crosstie [′krȯs‚tī]
(engineering)
A timber or metal sill placed transversely under the rails of a railroad, tramway, or mine-car track.


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Key statement: Rubber crosstie (90)-expected life to 60 years, made primarily of rubber crumbs from discarded tires.
hosted an open house in late May to celebrate the opening of its new Marshall, Texas, composite crosstie manufacturing facility.
I dreamed we laid the last crosstie, and it's true" (137).
 
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