Making a stone retaining wall yourself can be very labor intensive, too. If you want to save a bit of money and simplify the job, consider using railroad ties to create the retaining wall.

"Their investment signals generational stability and belief in our thesis that the world has run out of old growth trees to make railroad ties and Evertrak has a better way to do that," Noonan ...

A discovery by Minnesota historian Karen Sieber shows an influential leader of the underground railroad had ties to St. Paul.

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In High Decay Zones, primarily located in the southeastern United States, heat and high humidity accelerate the early decay of wood railroad ties, posing challenges from both cost and ...

Thanks to release of the film by the Kerr-McGee Chemical Corporation, the rare footage in "Stamp of Character" takes us through the entire process of making railroad ties, at a time when forests ...

Work crews grind up railroad ties near a business park and neighborhood in North Lawndale. Neighbors complain about the odors and the dust. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times Share Wilfred Dowdell ...

"Evertrak glass fiber reinforced polymer composite railroad ties are engineered to deliver ... confidence in Evertrak's innovative approach to making railroads safer, resilient and more ...