Why some Railroads use Concrete and some use Wood Cross Ties

Both concrete and wood ties have their pros and cons and we will go over many of those in the video. Find out the facts on why some railroads use concrete ties and some use wood cross ties. Will also show you why we will never use concrete ties on the Cumberland Mine RR. We do not have any composite ties here and only a very few steel ties. The steel ties we do have are underneath the concrete pad where they load the trains. PLEASE: do not write in and ask me about composite or steel ties, the reply would be too long so I will do a future video on those for you. This is by far not a totally comprehensive review of the pros and cons between wood and concrete ties. To go over every single thing would probably take a day’s long seminar, but we do go over many of the major high lights. However to add in something, concrete does lend itself exceptionally well to transit applications. I also forgot to mention in the video, with concrete ties I can’t do any w