Ties for Turnouts and Crossovers

Reference: American Civil Engineers' Handbook, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Fifth Edition July 1942. Page 2051.

The following table gives the number of ties of verious lenghts for typical turnouts and crossovers given in the book of "Track Plans" of the Amer. Rwy. Eng. Assoc. These are belived sufficient to give the necessary flexibility but others may be easily worked up on the same basis. "Practical" leads with corresponding closures are used throughout. Standard ties are 7 X 9 in., 8 ft. 6 in. long and a distance between the track centers is 13 feet.

Number and Lengths of Ties in Turnouts and Crossovers
Length Turnout Frog Number Crossover Frog Number
6 7 8 10 11 16 20 6 7 8 10 11 16 20
ft.    in.
9     0 6 9 9 9 13 17 17 12 18 18 18 26 34 34
9     6 4 6 6 7 11 9 12 8 12 12 14 22 18 24
10    0 3 4 5 5 6 9 12 6 8 10 10 12 18 24
10    6 3 3 4 5 5 9 8 6 6 8 10 10 18 16
11    0 2 3 3 4 4 7 8 4 6 6 8 8 14 16
11    6 2 2 2 4 4 7 8 4 4 4 8 8 14 16
12    0 2 2 3 3 3 7 8 4 4 6 6 6 14 16
12    6 2 2 3 4 4 6 8 4 4 6 6 8 12 16
13    0 2 3 2 4 3 5 6 4 6 4 - - - -
13    6 2 2 3 3 4 5 7 - - - - - - -
14    0 2 2 2 3 4 5 6 - - - - - - -
14    6 2 2 2 3 3 5 6 - - - - - - -
15    0 3 4 4 5 5 7 8 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
15    6 2 2 3 3 3 5 6 - - - - - - -
16    0 2 2 2 3 3 4 6 - - - - - - -
16    6 2 3 3 4 4 4 6 - - - - - - -
21    6 - - - - - - - 15 18 19 31 32 45 53

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