The funniest thing happend

[IRon_FOrgerI22]

The funniest thing happened to me to as i was walking down the railroad tracks looking for metal. Out of no where a cop showed up and said "You knows its against the law to be by the railroad tracks." I said "oh sry I was looking for metal for blacksmithing." By me saying that i did not get fined or anything because he is a blacksmith in his free time. I thought it was hilarious .

[RainsFire]

That is funny, congrats on the lucky save!

I live on the tracks up where they dont really care how much steel they drop.. so I walk the tracks all the time. I had no idea it was illegal though.. thats news to me.
Im fortunate enough to be out in the boonies where no coppa comes out.

[IRon_FOrgerI22]

Does it matter if the steel or iron you are working with is rusted? Also is there a way to get rid of rust

[fat pete]

vinegar removes rust.....learn to love rust....it doesnt matter to the forge tho

[ApprenticeMan]

The rust makes no difference, one heat and it is gone. See if you can hook up with the cop and maybe forge some hot steel.

[Evan]

thats pretty sick. i who woulda guessed that the cop was a practicing blacksmith. if that happened to me in Long island i'd say thats some rediculous chances. i live right next to my town railroad so i go raiding spots all the time, never been caught.

[mark hendricks]

We did a slope paving job for the BNSF railroad in 2004, and the inspectors told us that tresspass on railroad property is a Homeland security matter. I did get some good steel from that job, unfortunatly I left the coupling knuckle behind.

[matt87]

I can understand why; we had some problems over here a few years ago with kids derailing trains (or nearly doing so) with concrete paving slabs on the rails. Kinda hard to enforce though.

[ThomasPowers]

Homeland Security big time! Mega tons of highly toxic chemicals go on the rails right through some of our biggest cities! They are a bit more relaxed in the country where sabotage is just a commercial problem.

Remember too that the "Rail Road" police have a lot of powers that the local cops would drool for from back in the days of the big strikes and the "Robber Barons". Best not to get caught!

[IRon_FOrgerI22]

I was basically very suprised that the cop was a blacksmith. so I best be carefull but me and him might hook up and do some blacksmithing I really don't know his name so I do not know if I can get in touch with him I will see tho.