The Alaska Railroad Corporation has scheduled its first public used ties sale event of the year tomorrow (Saturday, May 21). Railroad personnel will sell ties 8 a.m. to noon and 1 – 4:30 p.m. at the ARRC Birchwood Rail Yard.
Wooden ties measure 7 inches wide by 9 inches deep by 8 feet 6 inches long. Ties can be an inexpensive material for many home and business projects – from flower planters to parking lot edging. Cost is $5 per used tie. Payment must be made by cash or check only. Maximum of 30 ties per vehicle.
Interested parties are advised to bring heavy duty trucks and trailers to accommodate the 160-pound ties. Forklifts will be on-site to help lift the ties from the stack, but customers must be able to load the ties onto their trailers or into their truck beds. Railroad personnel are not available to manually assist.
Directions to the Birchwood Yard: Traveling north from Anchorage on the Seward Highway, take the North Birchwood Exit onto Birchwood Loop Road, which turns into Birchwood Spur Road. Follow the tie sale signs, and turn left into the rail yard just past the SBS Center.
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