Railway Sleepers

[iammike]

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.

55555, Language differences you are completely right, I first had to translate it from my own Language into English via Google and then the term Railway Sleepers appeared . Next time I will as you said post a picture

But here is a picture:



And that's a way they can be used

[mahdam]

Mike, not sure how your quest for railway sleepers is going, but was in Krasang today and they have loads of old wooden sleepers piled up
on the opposite side of the line to the station itself.

[iammike]

Mike, not sure how your quest for railway sleepers is going, but was in Krasang today and they have loads of old wooden sleepers piled up
on the opposite side of the line to the station itself.

Thanks, but I am still in Patters, will be leaving tomorrow or latest Tuesday for Krasang.

Ps: Keep an eye out for building going on and please drop by when you have the time.

[urleft]

Mike, not sure how your quest for railway sleepers is going, but was in Krasang today and they have loads of old wooden sleepers piled up
on the opposite side of the line to the station itself.

As GL said normal people in the US call those railroad ties.   Easily obtained using midnight requisions (that means taking from the RR when no one is looking). 


Good luck in getting them.  I actually still have a section of RR "sleeper"  and "Nail" made into a desk pen set from the building of the Panama Canal. 

Which lead to most famous Palindrome ever: 

A man, a plan, a canal – Panama


The sentence reads the same if you start at the last letter. 

[nookiebear]

Every country in the world knows what a railway sleeper is except one!!Well done Keith,top of the class again

[Starman]

Every country in the world knows what a railway sleeper is except one!!Well done Keith,top of the class again

It appears not the whole country,Nookie.

This is what GL actually said "Not exactly. That's what the rail road industry in the US calls them. Some people may say rail ties"

Now just to define "normal people in the US"?

[gotlost]

Every country in the world knows what a railway sleeper is except one!!Well done Keith,top of the class again

It appears not the whole country,Nookie.

This is what GL actually said "Not exactly. That's what the rail road industry in the US calls them. Some people may say rail ties"

Now just to define "normal people in the US"?

The only sleepers that Keith knows of and sees are the cotton pickers laying next to the tracts going threw Alabama.

[iammike]

From Wikipedia

A railroad tie/railway tie/crosstie (North America), or railway sleeper (Europe, Australia & Asia) is a rectangular support for the rails in railroad tracks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railroad_tie

[mahdam]

Normal people in the US ?  Vastly outnumbered by the rest.

[DeputyDavid]

Railway sleepers, those are they guys you find in pieces after the train passes over them.  Not to be confused with rail road ties, which tie the rails together....  just saying.

[CO-CO]

Every country in the world knows what a railway sleeper is except one!!Well done Keith,top of the class again

It appears not the whole country,Nookie.

This is what GL actually said "Not exactly. That's what the rail road industry in the US calls them. Some people may say rail ties"

Now just to define "normal people in the US"?

Do you think a random survey of those living in Buriram would yield an accurate result ?   

[iammike]

Mike, not sure how your quest for railway sleepers is going, but was in Krasang today and they have loads of old wooden sleepers piled up
on the opposite side of the line to the station itself.

Hi, we went and talked to chief, and he said already alot of these are pre-ordered by Resorts and Hotels, he also said that it take a long while (6 months or more) before you can pick them up (if there is still stock available then ) and the prices vary between 300 and 800THB per piece.

We will go with concrete columns, we found a place close by where we can order the ones we want. But will take 1-2 months before we can pick them up, but that's no problem.

Thanks for all the reply's.

[mahdam]

TIT Mike,
Will keep an eye out for activity on site, and stop by one day.