Used Rails

Description

Material to be suitable for re-rolling into bars and shapes. Free from bent and twisted Rails, frog, switch and guard rails, rails with split heads and broken flanges. Continuous welded rail may be included provided no weld is over 9 inches from the end of a piece of rail.

• Double-headed rails.
• Bull-headed rails.
• Flat-footed rails.

So, how do train rails work? Tracks are made of two parallel steel rails, laid at a set distance apart. This is called a gauge. The standard distance between rails is 4 feet 8.5 in. or 1,435 mm., and are connected by railroad ties or ‘sleepers’, as they are known in Europe.