To reiterate, when the Doc built this place, he got a deal on 8′ railroad ties–a buck a tie, and he purchased 900 of them. The stables are built out of railroad ties and telephone poles; our fence posts for the house fence are railroad ties; and the retaining wall that ran along the west side of the house yard was built solely out of them. As part of the replacement project, all these ties had to be removed. Many were not salvageable and went into one of the three dumpsters we filled during this project. Some are still sound, however, so a couple of neat piles were made.
The piles sat in the west pasture for a few weeks and then moved back by the stables. We have plans for the ones we kept–many, many plans.