Railroad metal

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Caden_Vekk

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I went to Virginia last September and acquired a box of about 40# of spikes and other railroad metal things. They're rusty but in good shape, I'm just curious if anyone would be interested in some cheap metal. I think i have at least 25 spikes and other things. I'd use them myself, but I have recently moved to Germany for about a year for college and all, so I have no real use of them. They're still at my house in the US so I'll have my mom send them out.
Here's a pic, just tell me if you're interested in any of it.
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Thanks,
Caden
 
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i dont need any spikes as i have allmost 100. but i mite want the spring clips that are on the top right of the picture.
 
Thanks alot J. I'll say $15 for the lot of the spring clips. I'll check shipping too. Just have to get a hold of my mom (6hr time difference from home).
 
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So far the only thing i've been able to find out is that if the spike has HC on it, it means High Carbon .40% or something like that
 
Current rail road regs require rail steel to be 1084. The track clips (J clips) are 1055. They are the right size to do a sword and would make a better one than 1084.

BTW, I contacted Union Pacific for this info sometime back. My son works for UP and I wanted to know if the "junk" he was bringing me was any good, as well as how to heat treat it.

Gene
This quote was taken from a post about 6 weeks ago.
Hope this helps some.
 
Thanks alot SBuzek, Do I have any of the J clips in that pic? The only thing I can tell you the name of is the rail spike. haha
 
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