Are railway sleepers still a thing ?

dinderleat

Member
Location
Wells
I’ve got 300 rough rumbled coming at £10/each :X3:
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Not like these then
 

dinderleat

Member
Location
Wells
You've got a bit of sorting to do there. I don't know if you have any hills but the type in the bottom two and half layers in the nearest stack are worth putting aside and saving for slopes. They're the only type I've found that work off the flat.
Yeah I’ve grouped them fairly well in the field ready to lay so hopefully they should be ok
 

YELROM

Member
Location
North Yorkshire
They're wider and flatter and not tapered. Unfortunately you don't get many of them. If you don't sort through the sleepers and group them up into tye different types you end up with a really rough looking track.
When we laid our sleeper track we laid them on the woods that came with them which stopped them wobbling on the track fixing bolts or eyes
 

Cowmansam

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
Shropshire
It doesn't buy you half a three bed house here.

Most were bought years ago at 6ish and plenty were grant aided. Even if the weren't they would still have been one of my best investments.
Great thing with them is you can always lift them and sell them doesn’t seem likely they will ever go down in price
 

All round farmer

Member
Mixed Farmer
Need 150 to extend a track on some rented land. Was wondering what the situation is.
Careful what you buy, rough sleepers can be bought very cheep from network rail but they are only fit for a crusher. Depending on where you are will determine the price haulage is expensive 150 is 2 loads I have a spare 150 good sleepers at Derby
 

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