Railway Sleepers

[iammike]

Hi Guyz,

first of all a Happy and Healthy New Year to you all.

Has anyone seen Railway Sleepers for sale in the Buriram Area ?

We want to use them for a project in our garden.

Thanks

[mahdam]

Hi Mike, and a happy New Year to you.
I have often seen piles of used sleepers at Krasang Railway stn.
Perhaps your wife could talk to someone there.

[iammike]

Perfect will do that. We will be going  there on Monday (still in Patters) and ask.

Anywhere else maybe ?  Have you seen them in Garden centers ? The concrete version would also be oke, but I need to interlock them, so they can't start wandering.

Thanks again

[mahdam]

Never seen them in Garden Centres, and I have been to many.
The Thai's haven't embraced "Hard landscaping" yet.
My ex and myself had a Garden Centre in the UK, could never get enough
Railway sleepers and sold them for stupid money.

[iammike]

Oke thanks a lot, you saved me lots and lots of Petrol (not have to drive around looking at Garden Centers )

Railway stations here we come (55555555555)

[gotlost]

Oke thanks a lot, you saved me lots and lots of Petrol (not have to drive around looking at Garden Centers )

Railway stations here we come (55555555555)

Just aheads up. The SRT is replacing wood with concrete sleepers and with construction boom projected for the new rr they won't be using wooden sleepers Sooo. when you find the wooden sleepers but all you can even if it means storing them.

[iammike]

Oke thanks a lot, you saved me lots and lots of Petrol (not have to drive around looking at Garden Centers )

Railway stations here we come (55555555555)

Just aheads up. The SRT is replacing wood with concrete sleepers and with construction boom projected for the new rr they won't be using wooden sleepers Sooo. when you find the wooden sleepers but all you can even if it means storing them.

Thanks GL :idea: )

[CO-CO]

Never seen them in Garden Centres, and I have been to many.
The Thai's haven't embraced "Hard landscaping" yet.
My ex and myself had a Garden Centre in the UK, could never get enough
Railway sleepers and sold them for stupid money.

You will find them on the Rangsit to Nakhon Nayok. 305 road. Not sure around klong 14/15

[davureborn]

I was told that they are reserved for the use of railway employees. The ones I looked at were unusable anyway. It became illegal to use sleepers in Switzerland because of the high content of creosote (not to mention all the 'waste materials' that have been spilled on them over the years).
I did a lot with sleepers and almost turned it into an art form. We had a chain saw sharpener going nearly all the time as they also contain iron particles. 

[iammike]

Thanks for this, will go and talk to the Stations next week (we are going to Buriram on Monday (latest Tuesday) but if we can't buy them the alternative for us then will be:

• Custom Made Columns (but that has proven very difficult to achieve)
• And as a last resort, using rebar (and that I don't want)

I don't know the length of those "Sleepers" but we would need approx 200 Meters of it

[gotlost]

Thanks for this, will go and talk to the Stations next week (we are going to Buriram on Monday (latest Tuesday) but if we can't buy them the alternative for us then will be:

• Custom Made Columns (but that has proven very difficult to achieve)
• And as a last resort, using rebar (and that I don't want)

I don't know the length of those "Sleepers" but we would need approx 200 Meters of it

The railroad is not going to be happy cleaning up that derailment. 

[iammike]

<snip>
The railroad is not going to be happy cleaning up that derailment. 

55555 I would be really surprised when I see a Train running through our garden

[urleft]

I think there are language differences here. 

When you say railway sleepers we Americans think of a Rail Car with beds.


So exactly what are you meaning with railway sleepers?    A picture would be nice. 

[gotlost]

I think there are language differences here. 

When you say railway sleepers we Americans think of a Rail Car with beds.


So exactly what are you meaning with railway sleepers?    A picture would be nice.

Not exactly. Thats what the rail road industry in the US calls them. Some people may say rail ties. I spent a few years back in the early 70s working for the Southern Pacific Transportation Company.

[mike]

So exactly what are you meaning with railway sleepers?    A picture would be nice.

If you google "sleepers" and look at the images you will see what they are and examples of how they are used in gardens.

You need to go past the images of the film first.

Mike