railway sleeper BrE
railroad tie AmE
railway tie AmE
cross tie AmE
cross-tie AmE

It has been used in railway sleepers and other general construction.

Part of the bar is actually made from genuine railway sleepers.

The town is known for looms and railway sleeper factory.

The walkway, made of what were probably old railway sleepers, was maybe two meters above that.

The 120 feet (37 m) long platforms were built from old railway sleepers.

The single platform does not survive, like most of the others it was built from wooden railway sleepers.

It has been used for fence posts, railway sleepers and firewood.

The slipstream spun them beyond the railway sleepers, into a drift.

For a stouter edging you could use sections of railway sleeper.

The timber of some species has been used to manufacture bridges, furniture and railway sleepers.

Another application in 1878 covered reinforced concrete railway sleepers.

They are often made of wood, such as old railway sleepers, telegraph poles or even tree trunks.

Between 1900 to 1914 approximately 17 million railway sleepers were cut from timber milled in the region.

Construction of the mills was delayed by heavy rainfall, and the railway sleepers were delivered late.

The single platform's construction was of infil behind railway sleepers.

I was given a Hunts County bat which can only be described as a railway sleeper.

I've been using a Stac for the last few years (another railway sleeper) which is just brilliant.

In the past, sneezewood was used extensively for railway sleepers.

The City end of the ground was essentially a mix of railway sleepers and shale.

The single platform was built from wooden railway sleepers and can still be seen from the nearby road.

The X was one hundred and forty-five railway sleepers past the station. '

Because of this it is used in railway sleepers and to install motors in wells.

The first terracing was built during the 1930s from railway sleepers, and lasted 20 years.

The platform was 200 feet long by 8 feet wide and composed of wooden railway sleepers.

The Vincent Arms is an old building with pseudo black beams made from railway sleepers.

The base can be made of almost anything, even railroad ties.

A railroad tie was used to support the large window in the living room.

"They are leaving things like these railroad ties lying around."

You will see old railroad ties and pieces of track.

If you're using railroad ties, you'll have to anchor them in place.

We were forty feet above the ground with nothing but railroad ties to walk on.

Other parts still have the railroad ties and rails in place.

The woman glanced around and spotted an old railroad tie.

First they put in railroad ties to stop soil erosion.

The strength ran out of my legs and I sat down hard on a railroad tie.

From here a staircase and railroad tie steps lead to the top of the hill.

If a man is pulling a train, then he could push against the railroad ties.

Salem led the world in the production and shipping of railroad ties for a time.

Old, peeling railroad ties that were already rotting with age.

It is primarily used on utility poles and railroad ties.

The road was nearly thirty feet away from the whizzing railroad ties.

Once the ground is bare and level, lay the railroad ties down in an enclosed square.

Number eleven uses railroad ties, and a lot of plantings.

The exterior of the house is stone, with railroad ties used as supports in the windows.

The existing workshop, which was made from railroad ties, he covered with found objects.

The two looked like railroad ties, with rocks and earth imbedded between them.

The central walkway here is made of railroad ties.

At the time, railroad ties that protected the bases of trees needed replacement.

He crawled into the bank of railroad ties and found a space between two separated logs.

All of the woodwork was black walnut, thick as railroad ties.

By walking through the garden, an individual's memory may be sparked when they see the typical railway ties.

Little established a sawmill to accommodate the demand for railway ties.

Demand in Britain remained high, especially for railway ties.

A boardwalk runway had to be built of piles, railway ties and dirt.

The house is made from driftwood, railway ties, brick, stone, glass and other natural materials.

The wood is very hard and therefore usually used for heavy construction work as making ships' decks or railway ties.

This might then reveal new connections, as these railway ties occupy a different space than the long lines that which they are typically associated with.

In some cases vandals had removed railway ties on the larger steel bridges, thus creating large gaps.

Drunk and frustrated, he set off in pursuit of the locomotive but had difficulty negotiating the railway ties.

In northern regions where Jack Pine was plentiful, that species became a more common source for railway ties.

Used for fencing, fuel, and railway ties.

The name was changed on July 26, 1932 to The Railway Tie Association.

The wood is used to make pilings for bridges and railway ties in addition to charcoal and standard construction.

The sun that peeked through the tracks and railway ties danced wildly on the cobblestones below whenever a train passed by.

The company expanded, building a lumber mill at Canoe and addling logs and railway ties to its products.

Existing railway ties may be too short and have to be replaced, even though they may not be life expired.

We also pulled out two fellows who had nearly drowned crossing a piece of water on waterlogged wooden crosses made of old railway ties.

McMurray rejects the theory that the railway tied Turkey to Germany.

Axe ties are railway ties that are hewn by hand, usually with a broadaxe.

The wood is red and very hard, and is popular for use in furntiture making, construction, and railway ties.

Meanwhile, the creosote on the railway ties stank and burned my nose, and my elbow rested in dirt.

Fourteen thousand oak railway ties were laid running through Cross Hollows, south of Rogers, where two ravines met.

The growth of the Canadian Pacific Railway created a demand for railway ties and the mill helped meet that demand.

He crept between two teetering stacks of railway ties until he was next to a pile of catch-nets the preservationists had dumped here.

The trees, however, provided an early cash crop and logs were rafted into Prince Albert where many were converted into railway ties.