Essex Rubber Company, makers of the Mainliner ties illustrated below, are known to have been in business in 1915 (advertisement, Boys Life magazine, March 1915), in 1926 (US Supreme Court case, August 1926), and were still in business in 1937 (patent for rubber shoe heels) and 1941 (patent for rubber door stops). The trademark above was registered 1949.
![]() Essex Rubber Company Mainliner rubber railroad track ties |
![]() Essex Rubber Company Mainliner rubber railroad track ties |
![]() Essex Rubber Company Mainliner rubber railroad track ties |
![]() Essex Rubber Company Mainliner rubber railroad track ties |
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