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Track ballast is the collective term for the crushed stones on railway tracks. They form the trackbed and are packed around railway tracks. They form the ground for the railway sleepers which are used to keep the railway tracks upright and properly spaced. Railway sleepers are the rectangular support piece kept perpendicular to the tracks. A railway sleeper is also called a railroad tie or a crosstie. Sleepers used to be made of wood earlier but now they are mainly created with pre-stressed concrete.

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