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Thread: Railway Sleepers
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23rd November 2011, 11:23 PM #1
Railway Sleepers
Hi all,
I'm curious as to whether there are any health and safety issues related to working with old railway sleepers e.g. any pollution that could have been sucked up in their time?
Cheers
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23rd November 2011, 11:59 PM #2
Unknown. Anything from creosote applied under pressure, to insecticides and herbicides, cyanide and arsenic and asbestos from train brake linings.
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24th November 2011, 12:17 AM #3.
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Not to mention that small chip of blue metal that seems to have miraculously made its way through solid wood to end up taking a big chip out of your freshly sharpened thicknesser blades.
And if the sleepers have been used on old passenger lines don't forget the lime covered human excrement
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24th November 2011, 11:00 AM #4
Oh boy
I might just steer clear of that for now then
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