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Old 2nd October 2008, 20:41
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Mainline wooden sleepers on the Rhodesian Railways were set 2 foot apart. Concrete sleepers were about 18 inches apart. Steel sleepers were used where there was a problem with termites eating the wooden sleepers, other wise steel was only used in shunting yard and spurs.
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