and the railway as shown in several embodiments of dies used to shape the top surface 15 depicted in fig4 the top surface may alternately be planar rounded and or angled the top surface may or may not be essentially parallel to the bottom fig5 is a box diagram showing the arrangement of tie 400 steel tie 600 and fastener 510 tie 400 is channeled in an area corresponding to a center piece of a trough or grooved steel tie 600 the channel 22 runs the length of the tie and is adapted to receive at least one bolt 510 to secure the steel tie to the tie of the invention the tie may be optionally drilled at one or more predetermined section of the channel to receive one or more bolts the channel enables a head of the bolt to be located below the outer most surface of the top surface the predrilled holes 500 and bolts extend from the top surface to the chamfer 12 or bottom for attachment of one or more washer and or nut one skilled in the art will understand that the description of the present invention herein is presented for purposes of illustration and that the design of the present invention should not.