A tie plate, also known as base plate or sole plate, is a steel plate that is used between the steel rail and railway sleeper. Tie plates basically have some holes and shoulder(s). But there is no ...

TTCI is investigating short- and long-term remedies for achieving stable and consistent wheel and rail contact geometry. The rotation angle, or cant, of a rail relative to the tie is important for ...

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Correction: This article originally said that the issue at hand was loose rail ties left between the tracks, but in fact, it was loose rail tie plates. On one occasion the article said that the ...

NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ--(Marketwired - Jul 23, 2013) - AXION International Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: AXIH), a leader in recycled plastic and plastic composite technologies used to produce ECOTRAX® rail ties ...