Building with railroad rails

   / Building with railroad rails #11  
I don`t know about bridges out of rail, but I made an anvil out of a bit about a foot long, and its handy for little jobs.

My grandfather worked for the railroad, I inherited his rail anvil.
 
   / Building with railroad rails #12  
Shermans necktie.jpg
I thought Sherman's Neckties during the civil war was interesting/ Not very stiff.
 
   / Building with railroad rails #14  
I had an uncle that would take a piece of railroad rail and use it as the body of a weiner dog. Then he'd weld an upside down hook on one end for the head. Then 4 upside down railroad spikes for the legs. The heads of the spikes were the feet on the legs. Then he'd weld another spike to the other end for the tail, this time with the head of the spike down on the body. They were really cute and he sold them as doorstops. I never did figure out his supply for rail, spikes, hooks, etc... but seemed he had a bunch of them. This was back in the 60s and 70s. Wish I had one. If I ever get a chunk of rail, I'll make one just for sentimentality. :)
 
   / Building with railroad rails #15  
This is how they transport 50 of these long pieces of rail. Just think how much pressure it takes to bend them all around the curves.

 
   / Building with railroad rails #16  
Was that the place off of 30 over towards FW? Looks very interesting.

Yep, that's the place. We get our steel (for work) from there. It is rather impressive, and I'm glad I don't have to pay their electric bill!
 
   / Building with railroad rails #17  
Just a point of interest.

When scrapping out rail you can save a lot of time by just cutting the bottom flange, let the rail cool down then smack it with a hammer. I have seen 20' length of rails broken up this way with one smack of a sledge hammer.

Back to your regular programming.
 
   / Building with railroad rails #18  
i found a 18" piece of old rail metal detecting in an area where they logged cedars back about 100 years ago. it was about 2' under the ground. It was probably used by their blacksmith at the time. now its in my shop.
 
   / Building with railroad rails #19  
I've read a couple of times that rails are never sold. If this is true, there are an awful lot of ameture blacksmiths pounding on stolen rails.
You just need correct paper work to sell it
 

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