I have a bunch of broken Code 100 snap-track and flex-track, both brass and NS, that I have no use for. But I feel bad about wasting all that metal. Is there a place I can go to have that stuff recycled?
Nothing that I’m aware of.
But how “broken” is it? Is it just in pieces too short for you to bother with? I’m not quite sure how flex-track “breaks.”
The reason I ask is that I’d suggest you “recycle” it by finding a local club that could use it, a local boy scout troop building a layout, even just an individual. Heck, someone here might well want to give it a good home.
Point is, I suspect it might still find a useful life with someone (esp. the NS) as track rather than scrap… and that would be as good if not better than “recycling” it.
NS flex is quie good, I’m sure that there are many people who would use it. You could get a few pennies if you sold it to your LHS, and I like the idea of giving it to a club or such.
Matthew
‘SNAP TRACK’ turnout’s and sectional track offer’s super sharp / Entry Level curves . and not attractive to Newbies if they require anything’ such as maintenance. BRASS TRACK has value only if CHEAP enough.
SAVE for industrial spur’s representing unused track. TOSS the rest.
Umm, the plastic ties are broken? 
Same with the snap-track, the ties are broken, and some pieces were ripped out of ballast, and the ties are not evenly fastened to the rail anymore.
I do also have pieces of flex track that are oddly-cut, as I needed them to be a certain length on the layout.
Unless you have several pounds of metal after all of the plastic parts are stripped off, brass or nickel silver rail is not recyclable because they are both alloys. Metal salvors usually only accept pure metals such as copper or aluminum, or something that can be melted down to make steel.
Gondola loads and scenery. There’s a thread somewhere about using the ties between the rails of grade crossings. Those pictures look very nice.
Hi cacole
Recyciling Depot
Its called your model railroad.
You can use it for rail on rail racks, for telephone poles, sign posts 1/2 mile pegs
White posts to keep cars in the car park in the carpark and off the track
farm fence posts, fouling point markers, rail loads on the steel train
scrap metal in the local scrap yard, rail built hoist in the road services
depot of your rail road. rail plugs in the perway yard snow fences there are probably more uses for it but that would require a bit more thought.
rule 1 of railway modeling do not throw any MRR junk out because there is no such thing
regards John
I cut them into small sections and use them to hold pieces of foam board together when i build my mountains…just shove them thru and they hold it together relatively well…chuck
I f you are desparate to get rid of it, I am accepting any and all donations to my cause. I am a broke-currently self employed member of our community. If I can get those new Stewart U-25 Bs in GN big Sky Blue for christmas this year. that will be all I can afford for purchased trains for a while.
Check with your city/county trash department to see if their recycle center takes nickel silver or brass. If not just toss it.
Enjoy
Paul
From some one who has been at this for a long time …store it away because some day you will need it for something…Cox 47
I saved some of the rail from mine for use in yard scenes and just pitched the rest. Not a lot of scrap value there.
Save the flex, just space out remainder of ties and use for yards or sidings,they use less ties than mainline.
Another idea.
Break off all the ties. Dirty the rails up, black or really dull. Lay it along the track as pending ribbon rail. See this lying around often on the sides of track. Doesn’t use up all of it, but some gets reused.
Car loads and/or stacked piles of rail cut up adds to scenery too. If you want to get more creative, cut it into flat trailer load lenths and put it on some flat cars or truck trailers. Pre-fab sections of track are used quite often now in the real world to quickly repair derailments.