Pandrol
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Pandrol is a global railway infrastructure equipment and technology company. It is presently a member of the Delachaux Group and based in Colombes, France and has 1,700 employees globally in over 40 l
A Pandrol E clip in use
Statue of a Pandrol PR clip in Calgary
Creosote
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Creosote is a category of carbonaceous chemicals formed by the distillation of various tars and pyrolysis of plant-derived material, such as wood, or fossil fuel. They are typically used as preservati
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…engineer, Max Rüping, developed a resilient fastening to secure a rail to a sleeper. In 1933, Rüping went into business with an American importer of creosote named Oscar Max von Bernuth (O. M. Bernuth), founder of Bernuth-Lembcke Company. At the time, the fastening was known as the Elastic Rail Spike. The…
Wood railroad ties before (right) and after (left) infusion with creosote, being transported by railcar at a facility of the Santa Fe Railroad, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in March 1943. This U.S. wartime governmental photo reports that "The steaming black ties in the [left of photo]... have just come from the retort where they have been infused with creosote for eight hours." Ties are "made of pine and fir... seasoned for eight months" [as seen in the untreated railcar load at right].
1727 portrait of George Berkeley by John Smibert
Wooden street pavers in Chicago
Broken creosote piling exposed by weathering