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Eduardo put me on to these great looking textures on the Spanish Train Sim web site.If there is enough interest then I will put them on my Web Site for download.O t t o
O.K. Dave, here they are: www.otto-wipfel.co.uk/downloads/concrete-ties.ziplooking almost as good as the real ones like these from a British Rail Main Line, renewed not so long ago.Have Fun, O t t o.
Glade to see these ties. US railroads haven't used concret ties much in the past. It seems to be more of a none US thing, probably becaus of the lack of cheap lumber. I have noticed recently outside of Tucson heading to ElPaso that the Union Pacfic while upgrading their right of way has installed a lot of concrete ties, especially on curves and switches. I imagine a lot of US railroads are going to go this way. Lumber in the US is anywhere from 25% to 30% higher then it was last year, also there is the use of cresote in wood ties. The EPA has pretty much banned the use of cresote in this country, and I'm sure they are trying to get rid of the other products that use it. A telling sign of this is that where we live in Tucson all of the telephone poles are being replaced with steel. Now all we have to do is get around the cement shortages. George
