On Tuesday, August 19, 2014 1:58:36 AM UTC, Ignoramus31981 wrote:

I am trying to come up with the most practical, meaning quick and

involving minimum of tools, way to clean that brush around the rails.

i

One summer when I was a teenager, I worked on a survey crew. Most of the time was spent clearing lines of sight. We used Machete's. As purchased they are not sharp enough. We kept a file in the scaboard and kept the machete nearly razer sharp. On brush you slice at an angle and ought to be able to cut a branch about an inch in dia. in a single stroke.

Dan