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An article in the NY Times was disscussing tie-replacement on the NEC and said that the ties weight 850lbs. Is this correct? I wouldn't think they would be quite that heavy.
Full ArticleBut Amtrak and New Jersey Transit passengers are about to get a lesson in how critical those 850-pound rectangular blocks are to running a railroad. That is because Amtrak has embarked on a project, expected to take at least six months, to replace 85,000 of them along the Northeast Corridor, one of the busiest stretches of rail line in the country.