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Tie Bar
A bar joining two points blades together.
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TIE UP"Stop for a meal or for rest
TIER"Pile of mail sacks or parcels occupying the full width at each end of a car
TIMKENIZED"Equipped with Timken roller bearings ...

Tie Unloading Car
The Tie Unloading Car is equipped with its own motor which enables it to run on the track as an independent track repair unit.

Tie
The structural element placed at right angles to the track center line to support and hold the rails in gauge. Most ties on real railroads are still hardwood, but increasingly some are made of prestressed concrete.

Tie the end of the twine nearest to the car to the nearest block. Tie the other end to the far block. The car should face the far block with the propulsion end of the model engine facing the nearest block.

Tie Plate
The steel shoes in which the rail sits when spiked to a wooden tie.
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Tie
The crosswise member of the track structure to which the rails are fastened, usually made of wood or concrete.
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Tie
A supporting cross piece--usually of wood or concrete on prototype railroads--that holds the rails of railroad track the proper distance apart (Gauge) and in proper alignment.
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Tie, plate, canted. A tie plate tapered in thickness usually on a slope of 1 in 20, for the purpose of inclining the rail toward the center of track for easier maintenance of gage, more uniform wear of head, and central loading of rail.

Tie Plate
A metal plate at least 6 inches wide and long enough to provide a safe bearing area on the tie, with a shoulder to restrain outward movement of the rail.
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A tie plate (US) or baseplate (UK) in railroading is a steel plate used between flanged T rail and the crossties. The tie plate increases bearing aera and holds the rail to correct gauge.
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When the tie switches are open the turnouts at the each end of the yard are operated by their respective matrix systems. When the tie switches are closed the turnouts in the yard can be operated from either end.

Fastener, tie-plate. A special tie-plate long enough to support the bases of a guard rail and the adjacent running rail and with a rail brace riveted to it for supporting the guard rail.
Fastenings, auxiliary track.

A small Conrail tie train with the type of car that became common in the 1960s.

There are several tie stains available, but I chose "Liquitex" acrylic Mars Black. One, two ounce tube will stain a lot of ties. I dipped a ¾" brush in water, then dabbed it into the paint that I had squeezed onto a coffee can lid.

Grooved Tie A cross tie, which has been machine-gouged across its top depressions into which ribs on the bottom of the tie plate may fit.

Creeper A rail anchor of spring steel that is driven onto the base of the rail and bears against the tie which is prevented from moving by the resistance of the stone ballast.

Date Nail A small nail used by railroads from late 1800's to present used to mark the year a tie was placed in roadbed. Nails are distinctive in that each has the last two digits of placement year stamped in head.

Sleeper (UK), tie (US): Bars placed at 90° to the rail tracks to support the rails. Generally of wood, concrete or steel, with hardware to affix the rails, usually spikes, nails or bolts.

Tie - American term for sleeper; A cross member made of wood, steel or concrete placed between the rails to keep the rails at correct gauge and to distribute the weight of the load on the track.

Tie see Sleeper Tiebar The metal bar or sleeper that attaches two points together and forces them to operate together. Track The "road" on which trains run. Track is made up of rails, sleepers, and chairs or baseplates.

With this in mind, when you lay your model train track for the mainline, use the regular scale roadbed and the standard tie spacing that is made to scale by the manufacturer.

tie a knot in the line to attach it to the first telephone pole insulator. once its tied put a drop of CA glue over the line and insulator.

The weight of train wheels "W" bears down on the tie pushing it further into the mud. Some of the mud "M" squishes out from under the tie as each wheel pushes down from above.

Retaining wall was built, one tie at a time. There are currently three walls, one is two feet long. Can you spot the black Baldwin switcher in this photo?

A flat car with fixed steel racks for transporting set-up automobiles. Racks have either two or three levels, and are equipped with tie-down devices.

RAILWAYS. The name used in Britain for what is called a tie in the USA. A block of wood or concrete on which the rails are mounted.

See also: Train, Track, Engine, Point, Current