Reply to "A prototype for everything: steel crossties on real railways"

Ace posted:

Steel sleepers (crossties) have been used on the isolated Normanton-Croydon railway in Queensland Australia since 1888. This line is still in service for tourism using vintage railmotors. It has always had relatively light traffic. Photo from internet:

http://mobilemarshies.blogspot.com/2012/06/normanton-19-24-june.html

https://youtu.be/XRP6xpFcvkU

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulflander

The line was constructed in an unusual manner, with hollow steel sleepers packed with mud to avoid the need for track ballast.^[2] This method of construction also meant that the line was not subject to damage during frequent flooding during the wet season,^[1] with most of these original sleepers still in place.

Just like my American Flyer!