sentences: ]The track is laid with mostly 50 and 56 pound [per yard; 25 and 28 "kg/m"] rail, badly worn [at the time of the report, 80-to-90-pound-per-yard (40 to 45 "kg/m") rail was considered to be standard].The road is ballasted for about 4 miles with cinders in small quantities, the remainder is mud, and for miles ties lie on top of the ground with no ballast.