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Southern Pacific Track |
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| Ties | |
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Type |
Post Oak, Cypress |
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Number |
2,112 / mile |
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Length |
8 1/2 feet |
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Width |
6-8 inches |
| Thickness | 6 inches |
| Iron | |
| Number (Pennsylvania & English manufacture) | 503 / mile |
| Length | 21 feet |
| Chairs (wrought iron, 9" x 9" x 1/2") | 503 / mile |
| Spikes | 5,020 / mile |
| Embankments | |
| 12 feet wide on the top. The slope of the embankment is 1 1/2 feet horizontally to 1 foot vertically. The excavations are 18 feet wide at the bottom. Ditches are 3 feet wide. | |
| Turnouts | |
| 3 -- 2,165 ft, 1,505 ft, 250 ft (3,920 ft total) | |