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		rjmunro on May 19, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: InventWood is about to mass-produce wood that's st... In the UK you can buy used railway sleepers for landscaping, as well as new ones: https://www.uksleepers.co.uk/

potato3732842 on May 19, 2025 [–]

I know you "can" buy them but I've never seen them for sale in my state or surrounding ones save the occasional classified posting. Perhaps you can buy them in parts of the country with different regulatory priorities.

Same with telephone poles.

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