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Yellow Cedar Rail Ties

These are an environmentally sensible alternative to traditional creosote Rail Ties. Yellow Cedar Rail Ties will "wear out" before they rot out, and these products hold the gauge very well (gauge is the ability to hold the rail spikes in position so the track...

Rail Crossing Timbers

These are 6" x 10" Hem/Fir #2 and btr timbers which are being used by a Rail Service Company to install Crossings. The wedge shape is installed downward, with the 10" face upwards. The wedge shape rests against a heavy rubber extrusion which is...

Rail Crossing Panels – for Saskatchewan

These Rail Crossing Panels are going to a private Grain rail distribution point, where rail cars are shunted on rail sidings to fill and organize. The crossings will be placed so construction equipment can access a new build facility. These Crossings can be quickly...

Maple Briefcases…..but they are for jacking

These nice looking briefcase Jack Blocks are designed to fit on top of a jack, stuck between metal and metal, to lift Rail Cars for repairs and maintenance. They look nice enough to be coffee tables! Kiln Dried Maple is hard, laminated and bolted...

Rail Crossing Planks

These rail crossing timbers are 7" thickness x 10" wide x 20' long. You can see we custom saw the bottom triangle out of the pieces that are closest to the rail, so that they lay flat. Inside the "missing triangle" are the rail...

Hardwood Blocking….or a wood suitcase!

Check out these 4" x 16" x 32" Pacific Coast Maple Hardwood Jack Blocks. Complete with suitcase handles (but stronger). These will be used in a Rail Car shop where they do repair work. The Jack Blocks go between the steel jacks and the...

Rail Crossings in a hurry!

Timbers for Rail Crossings are needed in a hurry, sometimes to access across tracks for emergency repairs. We make several sizes depending on rail height (6" x 10", 7" x 10" and 8" x 10"). We undercut the bottom corners on 4 pieces to...

Maple Jack Blocks

These Pacific Coast Maple Jack Blocks are being used by the BC Transit Skytrain repair yard. Maple makes a good jacking block by keeping a steel on steel contact apart. Steel on the Jack Block won't slip or skid.

Rail Crossing Kits

We are building these Rail Crossing Kits for a customer, each "kit" comes with 5 middle pieces (between the rails) and 2 outside pieces (outside the rails). The pieces closest to the rails are bevelled to allow for the rail plates/nails to clear. This...

Special Hem/Fir Wedges for Rail Ties

These wedges are 7" one side, 5" on the opposite side and 36" long. They are rail blocking ties under a small rail line in a large tunnel. The wedge conforms to the shape of the wedge and holds the rails horizontal. This is...

Rail Crossing Sign Posts

These are Yellow Cedar Rail Crossing Posts, you have probably seen them with the crossed white signs with black writing. We still have lots of work to do to them, we pre-drill them, we tee-pee the tops so the water runs off and we...

RAIL CROSSING PANELS

As this picture indicates the Rail Crossing Panels are underneath the train cars in this train yard. Machinery is already crossing the panels as they access the roadway and move machinery across the rail tracks. Nice graffiti on this rail car! Colourful at least!

Rail Tie Special Wedges

How do you install a rail on a sloped surface? This special Rail Wedge is being used in a large tunnel (which will hold water after construction, it is a penstock) where a rail line is being installed up the middle to remove the...

Rail Crossing Panels

These Rail Crossing Panels are built specifically to fit between standard Canadian Rails and provide a quick deployment crossing for heavy equipment and traffic. A small crane can place and some lag bolts and ready to go. These are 7" thick x 50" wide,...

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