Odd find in Minburn,branded tie

[cnwfan]

Has anybody seen any rail ties with the name of the railroad burned in them like i found in Minburn today?
http://forums.flightsim.com/vbts/up1/109166.jpg
As you can barly see the "CNW" burned in the tie any thoughts or ideas on this one?
Todd
Perry Sub
Trackwork-98%
Scenery- 1%

[jay611]

We got telephone poles with C&O in them...

along with date stamped rail spikes

Jason Underwood
Newport News, Virginia
CSX Peninsula Sub MP.16
jay611@cox.net

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y220/jay611/OneLastTimeBaby.jpg

[Henry_S]

I used to walk the old frisco line between wichita and andover, adn the newer ties had BN engraved on the top.