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Hey all, <br /> <br />Im just curious about the uses of rail other than on railroad tracks. Where i come from its apparent in the days long gone that the railroad builders found all sorts of uses for pieces of steel rail other than its intended use. For example rail sections were used as the uprights for telegraph poles and as fence posts. Another use was for retaining walls with rails forming the uprights and then planks of wood or concrete fitted into the groove of the rail to build a wall. Most of this sort of stuff can still be seen today. <br /> <br />Was this practice ever used in the States?
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