Imagine the sleepers on the railway, like the strong warriors silently supporting the tracks. They are underground, enduring the heavy pressure of trains and the erosion of wind and rain day after day. But have you ever thought about how these woods can persist for so many years? The secret lies in...

Fresh pine wood has just been unloaded from the truck, carrying the moisture of the mountains and forests - these woods from across the ocean are about to embark on a "stress resistant life" of hundreds of tons under a railway track. If you stand aside and observe, you will notice an inter...

Every time I take a train and stare out the window, staring at those sleepers moving back at a constant speed, I always have a thought: how can these woods withstand the sun and rain for more than ten years without rotting? You should know that the wooden chair on my balcony grew mushrooms after onl...

On railway lines, sleepers are truly "social animals" - they are pressed by steel rails, crushed by trains, exposed to wind and sun every day, and have to play "survival games" with fungi and termites. But you know what? These seemingly ordinary woods actually conceal the black t...

Have you ever noticed those dark sleepers under the tracks while taking a train? These silent 'railway backbones' have to endure the' stepping on their backs' at a speed of 300 kilometers per hour every day, and also have to endure wind and rain in the open air, living much more tiri...

If you squat by the railway tracks and get closer to the black logs lying among the crushed stones, you are likely to smell a unique scent - an "industrial wind" mixed with tar and a little chemical reagent. Don't doubt it, that's the "body fragrance" of our protagonist t...

Have you ever thought that the train that clangs and runs every day, with the unremarkable wooden sleeper under it, is actually a "veteran who has been through a hundred battles"?You should know that the sleepers on the railway tracks cannot be used just by cutting down a tree. Especially...

In the railway industry, sleepers can be regarded as representatives of "iron bones and tenderness" - they use seemingly weak wooden bodies to carry a hundred ton heavy-duty train, silently endure high-frequency vibrations in the gravel, and have to fight against "villainous character...

Why can railway sleepers withstand the wind and rain outdoors for decades without breakingIsn't wood the most afraid of insect infestations? Why have sleepers become 'straight men of steel' insteadWhen you are sitting on the train and reading this article, you may have that seemingly ord...

If railway rails are the skeleton of a steel giant, then sleepers are the silent "bodyguards" under the feet of this giant. These unremarkable woods endure the crushing of ten thousand tons of iron dragons every day, as well as the erosion of moisture, insects, ants, and time. The "bl...

Say, when taking a train, everyone's eyes are often chasing the scenery outside the window, or staring at the mobile phone screen. But I'm a bit of a freak, always staring at my feet - or rather, at the silent black stripes below the tracks.They're sleepers.These guys, lying there motion...

If you are a train fan, or simply like the feeling of loneliness when the rails extend to the distance, you must have seen it: dark, oily, hard, lying under two shiny rails, and can't count.It is the legendary anti-corrosion sleeper.At the first sight, many people will think that the wood must b...

If you think that the "hoop" only exists in Journey to the West to discipline the monkey who loves to make trouble in the sky, it would be naive. In the world of railway engineering, oil injected sleepers also have their own "hoops". It's just that it's not as magical as...

If you think a pillow is just a piece of wood that can be easily stepped on, then you underestimate it! Before becoming the backbone of the railway, every pine tree undergoes a transformation from a novice to a hardcore - wearing a divine outfit called "oil armor".Material selection: The &...

Have you ever thought about the origin of the railway sleepers that carry tens of thousands of tons of trains roaring past every day?To be honest, it's not an ordinary piece of wood. In the big family of wood preservation, it is like a hidden "special forces soldier". Although unremark...