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    Exclamation rr spikes

    I have about 300 pounds of rr pieces from the woods near my house. i live nowhere near anything rr related. can i scrap this? If so for about how much?


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    Quote Originally Posted by cullyscrapper View Post
    I have about 300 pounds of rr pieces from the woods near my house. i live nowhere near anything rr related. can i scrap this? If so for about how much?
    Ask this question of a RR cop, who will probably accompany you to the nearest courthouse for your trial.

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    Why? i did nothing wrong. I simply found railroad spikes belongimg to noone in the woods.

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    Looks like plenty of listings on ebay seems they could be used for crafts hobbies blacksmithing....etc

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    Just leave them there, it's highly illegal to scrap railroad equipment without express written permission to scrap it. Believe me, I've tried. My family has some property in East Texas that has an abandoned railroad running through a good portion of the property. It's been abandoned for at least 15 years and I would love to scrap it and clear the land so it can be replanted with trees for harvest. We've tried to contact the railroad multiple times asking for permission to clear our own land, but it's still a no. Railroads are super protective of their scrap/
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    Quote Originally Posted by cullyscrapper View Post
    Why? i did nothing wrong. I simply found railroad spikes belongimg to noone in the woods.
    They do belong to the RR and not you. I don't care where you found them. They could be setting at the bottom of the ocean and they would still belong to the RR.

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    My yard has a sign in the payout window with pictures of RR track, plates, ect saying "you steal it, we report it, they arrest you. Railroads do not give away scrap metal"

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    /amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/politics/court-sides-with-landowner-over-abandoned-railroad-right-of-way/2014/03/10/ddd4f12a-a88f-11e3-8599-ce7295b6851c_story.html

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    Quote Originally Posted by mikeinreco View Post
    /amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/politics/court-sides-with-landowner-over-abandoned-railroad-right-of-way/2014/03/10/ddd4f12a-a88f-11e3-8599-ce7295b6851c_story.html
    This was a good read. But for a mere 300 pounds of rr spikes, your better off leaving them alone and find some scrap in peoples backyards that they say you can have or start shopping a curbico for your scrap. Just walk away.

    now if you had a set of rails going through your 83 acre ranch that was abandon, then I might look into the courts to grant me possession of the property.
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    the short answer is you need proof that you acquired them legally

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