On 2014-08-26, Ed Huntress wrote:
If it's badly rusted (many are; I've rejected many scrap pieces from a
nearby maintenance yard), no amount of rust removal is going to help.
The ones I've seen are deeply pocketed and corroded.

The one I have is pristine. It was a cutoff from a new rail used in a
switch-repair job.


Some rails are badly corroded and pitted. One rail was laying above
ground and that one, looks like can be cut up into pieces that fit
into flat rate boxes and sold to the public.