Do companies buy railroad ties?

Question

I work for a company that has a lot of railroad ties laying around. We would like to sell them. Does anyone know who or if there is a market for them? I'm in Portland, OR.

Answer 1

There's a big market for them in landscaping.  You can either find a landscaper to buy them, or advertise them directly to consumers in the classifieds.  You will sell fewer at a time that way, but make more profit per tie.

Answer 2

Companies who sell mobile homes sometimes use railroad ties for blocking.

Landscaping firms often use them.

You might also try advertising them on Craigslist.com or Kijiji.com

for people who are doing their own landscaping or mobile home blocking.