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What is this thing?

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What is this pink railroad tie for? (lemmy.world)
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Stenciling says "6 & 7TH / PDE & 3RD" It's the only pink tie on this track.

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[–] chaogomu@kbin.social 11 points 9 months ago

Rail is most often welded together, not joined like this.

So you likely don't need more than one marking.