On Monday, August 18, 2014 9:58:36 PM UTC-4, Ignoramus31981 wrote:

I purchased a length of unused, since long ago, railroad track, for

scrap metal. This track, on a private property of course, is overgrown

with full size weeds and some brush.

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.

Last time I had a chore like that, I wound up using a hedge trimmer. It's amazing what you can do with a cheap hedge trimmer against dense, woody weeds.