SXHALL Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Just stumble across this on a wander of the internet looking for shortline track plans! A good way of reusing some of the old the sleepers (ties in this link) and rail rather than the common garden retaining wall/pond/feature we see often enough. http://freshome.com/2012/05/18/reuse-recycle-repurpose-with-rail-yard-studios/ Could make a few bookends with the amount of old rail laying around the network. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted August 8, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 8, 2014 Some of those pieces will be seriously heavy! Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 ive been thinking for a few years now about making a coffee table out of a mine tub chassis Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 A good way of reusing some of the old the sleepers (ties in this link) and rail rather than the common garden retaining wall/pond/feature we see often enough. The problem with used ties is that they are creosoted, or treated with some other 'nasty'. Not really the kind of thing you want in the house! That article says that what they use are new, imperfect timbers that have never been creosoted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Emily Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 My Father has a one foot section of rail in his garage (gifted to him from a friend who used to work at Horwich loco works) which he used to use as a rudimentary anvil. My garden fence was made from old sleepers (being replaced because they were rotting out below ground) and I'm tempted to try and source a fastener to fix that piece of rail to one of the lengths of old sleepers and plant it in the centre of my garden railway as a feature of interest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Huw Griffiths Posted August 11, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 11, 2014 The problem with used ties is that they are creosoted, or treated with some other 'nasty'. Not really the kind of thing you want in the house! If sleepers have previously been used under passenger lines, there might be some other unpleasant "extras" - the sort I most certainly would not want in my living room ... . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted August 12, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 12, 2014 I'll stick to using them round the garden to make raised beds. The Q Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamperman36 Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Many years ago when I worked in a saw mill a customer brought in several old used railway sleepers, he wanted us to cut them down to use for shelves. We started cutting the first sleeper and after about 9 inches we snapped the saw blade, it wasn't a little saw blade either, it was a 3 inch wide 18 foot round tungstone tipped blade. It took us an hour to remove the sleeper from the saw so it was decided that these sleepers were only good for use in the garden and wouldn't need cutting afterall . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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