Had this one in my bookmarks. My son's best friend works for the RR, and I keep hoping he'll bring me a couple of them someday. Let us know/SEE what you do with them :-)

Good find, I'm sure you'll create some cool stuff ~tenderlee

Here is a link that might be useful: {{gwi:163965}}

I love that. The barbed wire is a nice touch with the rr spike. I have a few somewhere. Now I know what to do with them if I ever find them again, lol. When they took out the rr and put in a rail trail for walks and bikes and snowmobiles, volunteers gathered up as much metal as we could find after the rr company took most and sold it to go toward up keep of the trail. HOWEVER!, I still find one every now and then when I walk on the trail. If anyone lives near a converted rr track you may be able to find some.
I've seen some interesting art made with them, I'll ask dh and see if he remembers where.
kathy

Google images for "Railroad spike art" .... there's some really cool stuff !!!