Recent content by rmerina

Hi All, Been a lurker on here for awhile, just recently registered and have been doing some posting. Thanks in advance to everyone for inspiring/motivating me to do something with my garage. Albeit I only have a single car garage I think I have made it about 10x better. My question is in...

True - we actually just removed about 3 miles worth of very old Trolley Track here in Portland, OR throughout the downtown area, just to install NEW tracks for the Streetcar. Some of that old rail was very neat, and has made several awesome paperweights. People steal anything - there is a very...

You could use a bandsaw similar to what is used in a steel shop. We generally use a 16" gas power cut-off saw with an abrasive blade and a clamp that goes on the rail.

Depending on the size of the rail thats a decent buy. Generally speaking heavy (freight) rail is 115RE, or 133RE. Also generally speaking, the nomenclature of the numbers that is stamped on the rail generally refer to how many pounds per yard (length) it weighs. There are literally thousands of...