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.

TieTek structural composite railroad ties are a cost-effective and environmentally-friendly alternative to creosote-treated hardwood. Earlier this year, North American Technologies Group was ...

In December, it announced a six-year, one-million-tie contract from the Union Pacific Railroad valued at more than $55 million. About 87 percent of the content of its ties are recycled plastics ...

It then did something that I have never seen before: it trotted along the tracks using the concrete railroad ties like stepping stones. Railroad ties are used for supporting steel rails, and they ...

The definition of the term 'product' means not only the wall tie itself, but also the workmanship of the installer. Training and the CITB The Wall Tie Installers Federation (WTIF) holds training ...

Despite the iconic image of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad that was sealed with a golden spike hammered into a laurel railroad tie, the closing weeks of the engineering feat were ...

Bob Brawdy bbrawdy@tricityherald.com There’s a snag: The railroad is in disrepair. Thousands of ties have failed. Nearly 10 years ago, inspectors X-rayed all 43,437 ties. At the time ...

In 1977, just months after their first meeting, Fink and Mellon teamed up to launch Perma Treat, a Connecticut-based sawmill and pressure-treating plant specializing in railroad ties. In the early ...

In honor of the Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company's 150th anniversary in 2017, the Chippewa Herald published a special ...

The Wildest Ride in the Wilderness will have to wait, as Big Thunder Mountain Railroad has officially closed for a yearlong refurbishment at Magic Kingdom. After taking its final lap around the ...