Re-Purposing Ones Old Railway Track

[murrayec]

Many years ago while in my neighbours garage I noticed the roof was held up by railway track beams! The house is now being demolished for re-development and I scrounged one of the rails.......

After chopping the rail into 3 pieces on the site, a bit of heavy lifting got them into my back garden.

Out with the big grinder to chop some into manageable bits.

This photo shows a bit of ware n tear on the top edge- so this rail was used.

Onto the band saw to cut down to even more manageable size.

The large bits will be fashioned into anvils and the small ones which are cut 15mm thick will be mounted on plaques for hanging on the wall.

More to follow when I get a bit more processing done.........

Eoin

[flange lubricator]

I thought for a moment you were going to melt them down and  build O guage 800 class locos out of them .

[flange lubricator]

Is there any markings on them Eoin?

 

[murrayec]

Just now, flange lubricator said:

Is there any markings on them Eoin?

 

No, that's the first thing I checked. When they were holding up the roof I wondered if they were from the Bray & Enniskerry line!!

Wouldn't that have been a find, but alas their to modern I reckon....

Eoin

[minister_for_hardship]

Have a few holding up sheds and forming fences here, marked variously DW&WR, GS&WR, MGWR and dated in the 1870s/1880s and some very small unmarked flat bottomed stuff.

Edited June 14, 2022 by minister_for_hardship

[murrayec]

[Westcorkrailway]

10 minutes ago, minister_for_hardship said:

Have a few holding up sheds and forming fences here, marked variously DW&WR, GS&WR, MGWR and dated in the 1870s/1880s and some very small unmarked flat bottomed stuff.

I’m very much the same. GSWR, MGWR, CBSCR and unmarked stuff

 

one of my sheds has so much Midland rail in it, you could probably rebuild the Achill branch in its entirety with it