UK gardening - Railway Sleepers Suppliers in Yorkshire

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Railway Sleepers Suppliers in Yorkshire

Earths_Child

2007-04-08, 1:25 pm

More precisely, Leeds or Bradford - anyone know of any local suppliers who
would cut down the sleepers and deliver - I have this idea for a raised
planter.

Thanks.

Earths_Child

Les Hemmings

2007-04-08, 8:25 pm

Earths_Child wrote:
> More precisely, Leeds or Bradford - anyone know of any local
> suppliers who would cut down the sleepers and deliver - I have this
> idea for a raised planter.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Earths_Child

You don't want real railway sleepers. They smell of poo when warmed by the
sun. At least my mates did... Yeuch! I think it goes into a tank nowadays
but it never used too... straight onto the tracks (hence the "not while in
a station" signs)

Les

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Rick

2007-04-09, 9:25 am

On Sun, 08 Apr 2007 18:16:30 GMT, "Earths_Child" <Earths@Childs.net> wrote:

>More precisely, Leeds or Bradford - anyone know of any local suppliers who
>would cut down the sleepers and deliver - I have this idea for a raised
>planter.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Earths_Child
>

Have a look at
http://www.railwaysleeper.com/Index.htm

They deliver...
Rick... (The other Rick)

Peter C

2007-04-09, 8:25 pm

On 9 Apr, 14:26, Rick <Y...@must.be.joking> wrote:
> On Sun, 08 Apr 2007 18:16:30 GMT, "Earths_Child" <Ear...@Childs.net> wrote:
>
>
>
> Have a look athttp://www.railwaysleeper.com/Index.htm
>
> They deliver...
> Rick... (The other Rick)

When travelling on the A58 from Birkenshaw towards the Leeds Ring
Road, there is a depot/garden centre/supplier of sleepers, on the
left hand side on the . The location is about half a mile from the
ring road.
Peter.

Earths_Child

2007-04-10, 9:25 am

"Peter C" <pcod2003@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1176159266.713358.182140@d57g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
> On 9 Apr, 14:26, Rick <Y...@must.be.joking> wrote:
>
> When travelling on the A58 from Birkenshaw towards the Leeds Ring
> Road, there is a depot/garden centre/supplier of sleepers, on the
> left hand side on the . The location is about half a mile from the
> ring road.
> Peter.
>

Thank you Sir - inwardly digested.

Earths_Child

Gregoire Kretz

2007-04-26, 9:25 am

Les Hemmings <les.frontalclaire@lobesvirgin.net> wrote:

> Earths_Child wrote:
>
> You don't want real railway sleepers. They smell of poo when warmed by the
> sun. At least my mates did...

Not only that, but you'd have to check _very_ carefully if they haven't
been treated: if they're new sleepers you should be fine, but recovered
ones are usually soaked in one industrial weedkiller or another
(creosote ring a bell?).
There's been some talk about this and I'm not sure I'd want that in my
garden, not only for the plants but for myself: some of this stuff was
so toxic it is now banned, and with rain I wouldn't want the chemicals
to trickle on anywhere else...

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John McMillan

2007-04-26, 1:25 pm

In article <1hx6imf.t4kvjajpmpjiN%gktz@ficusheian.org.uk>,
gktz@ficusheian.org.uk (Gregoire Kretz) wrote:

> Les Hemmings <les.frontalclaire@lobesvirgin.net> wrote:
>
>
> Not only that, but you'd have to check _very_ carefully if they haven't
> been treated: if they're new sleepers you should be fine, but recovered
> ones are usually soaked in one industrial weedkiller or another
> (creosote ring a bell?).
> There's been some talk about this and I'm not sure I'd want that in my
> garden, not only for the plants but for myself: some of this stuff was
> so toxic it is now banned, and with rain I wouldn't want the chemicals
> to trickle on anywhere else...

http://www.creosote.co.uk/
http://www.wood-protection.org/newp...nce%20on%20Use%
20of%20Creosote%20version%200304.pdf

From which I conclude that you can still buy and use old railway sleepers
for applications where there's no risk of frequent skin contact
and not for "containers intended for growing purposes".
I too would be uncertain about using them for edging vegetable beds.
I've got some providing banking revetment for a steep slope. They don't
smell, they don't ooze tar or creosote even on the hottest days and I
don't eat anything that goes anywhere near them. They're excellent
for doing what they do at a reasonable price.

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