Danny Monaghan ) gurgled happily, sounding much
like they were saying :

have a look he http://tinyurl.com/d4e6j

It gives you the details about the EU directive on railway sleepers.

Still confused!

You'd be better buying new TBH. I've just bought new tanilised softwood
sleepers for £18 each to make a retaining wall for flower beds round the
patio.

Yebbut - and no offence to your undoubtedly lovely wall...

Just look at these :-
http://www.railwaysleeper.com/Sleepe...an%20beech.jpg
*Gorgeous*. Perfect. Imagine a wall four courses high, down one side of an
8m long x 4m wide paved courtyard garden. Lovely.

Now compare with these :-
http://www.railwaysleeper.com/Sleepe...tic%20pine.jpg
yawn

(But, yes, these ones do look terrible...)
http://www.railwaysleeper.com/Sleepe...ish%20pine.jpg

Before all this confusion, I was leaning towards getting Oak Grade A from
http://railway-sleepers.com/reclaimed.asp