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doorman

02-09-2005 18:28:06




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Can anyone tell me how many pounds per foot standard size railroad rail weighs? Thanks, doorman




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Corner Post

02-10-2005 20:14:31




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 Re: railroad rail in reply to doorman, 02-09-2005 18:28:06  
Works good for a cattle guard crossing. You can drive about any weight across it and it won't bend like a pipe cattle guard.



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mark

02-10-2005 10:12:44




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 Re: railroad rail in reply to doorman, 02-09-2005 18:28:06  
MOST rail in common use today is 140 LBS per yard. I just retired from CSX after 27 years of riding the rails as an engineer.
You have been given some very good advice..scrap yards won't buy it without a permit because it is assumed stolen property...they won't even buy spikes and tie plates....that is why the right of ways are littered with this stuff....no salable value. better off to find some use around the farm...use your imagination, good for many things.

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T_Bone

02-09-2005 21:10:29




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 Re: railroad rail in reply to doorman, 02-09-2005 18:28:06  
Hi doorman,

Look on the web of the rail and there will be a large imbossed number, like 120, 90, 100, and this is the weight of rail per yard length. So a 120 rail would weigh 40lb/ft.

Sure you want to sell it? RR rail makes a great shop press material or a yard drag that levels as well as pull sage brush for land clearing. Many other uses.

I found a independant RR signal repair shop and paid $50 for 10-10ft lengths and wished I'd bought more.

T_Bone

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Steve(OR)

02-09-2005 20:29:26




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 Re: railroad rail in reply to doorman, 02-09-2005 18:28:06  
Here in Oregon the meth heads are stealing aluminum guard rails right off the highway bridges. Several have had to be closed for repair. What kind of an jerk would buy obvious bridge parts from one of these creeps? When they get the bridges repaired at least we'll have a place to tie the ropes!



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Steve/TN

02-09-2005 20:20:54




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 Re: railroad rail in reply to doorman, 02-09-2005 18:28:06  
doorman, It is my understanding that the scrap dealers will not buy rail because it is illegal to do so. Hutcherson's at Halls will not buy it. The railroads leave their repair rail laying along side the tracks. If it were legal to sell it, the stuff would walk off.



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Dug

02-09-2005 19:56:07




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 Re: railroad rail in reply to doorman, 02-09-2005 18:28:06  
Where are you located, doorman? I might be interested in buying if you are close to KC.

Dug



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doorman

02-09-2005 20:14:31




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 Re: railroad rail in reply to Dug, 02-09-2005 19:56:07  
Located in west Tn. doorman



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marlowe

02-09-2005 19:29:28




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 Re: railroad rail in reply to doorman, 02-09-2005 18:28:06  
have a freind that works for the RR and i can't get any rail from them or the scrap yards real tuff rules on having it don't know why but i think it from stealing. i know of a guy that tried to sell some for scrape that he had for years and the yard would not take because he could not prove ownership



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2x4

02-09-2005 20:12:03




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 Re: railroad rail in reply to marlowe, 02-09-2005 19:29:28  
yup, take a truckload of it in here & you will get arrested, as the local ignorant ones found out.



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Fawteen

02-09-2005 18:31:58




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 Re: railroad rail in reply to doorman, 02-09-2005 18:28:06  
Depends on what you mean by "standard". 90 pound rail is fairly common, so that'd be a good ballpark figure.



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leland

02-10-2005 06:53:36




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 Re: railroad rail in reply to Fawteen, 02-09-2005 18:31:58  
I belive standard rail now is 131lb rail,90 lb rail is now mainly used for sidings at bussiness to light for todays trains,but having worked for a few RR salvage companys you need a permit from a railroad before they will accecpt and rail scrap,but on the other hand as many miles of rail that have been ripped up you may get away with this if old tracks went thru your property.



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doorman

02-09-2005 19:01:58




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 Re: railroad rail in reply to Fawteen, 02-09-2005 18:31:58  
Thanks for the reply. I have four pieces each about thirty feet long and I'm trying to establish a value for them based on scrap price. Thanks, doorman



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leland

02-10-2005 21:06:48




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 Re: railroad rail in reply to doorman, 02-09-2005 19:01:58  
Figure the value in pepared steel thats the rail cut into 2' pieces



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Willy-N

02-09-2005 19:17:40




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 Re: railroad rail in reply to doorman, 02-09-2005 19:01:58  
Sure make some nice rails for parking curbs, bridge rails ect or a train nuts place to park his Caboose on in his yard. Mark H.



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