Remake of an old (My Dad's) Railroad Bench

[glenn bradley]

Just fantastic.

[Jim Tobias]

OK...last couple of pictures. Put the bench in it's spot today. Also the rains came hard and heavy but the water beaded up like on a waxed car finish.
Jim
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[Phil Mueller]

Beautiful job, Jim. Love the design and the metal arm rests. Enjoy it!

[roger wiegand]

That's a really nice bench! Was it teak originally? Is "railroad bench" a style or was it used by a railway? If the latter, do you know its history?

[Joe A Faulkner]

Fantastic job. Love the bench and the fact that you restored it to life.

[Jim Tobias]

That's a really nice bench! Was it teak originally? Is "railroad bench" a style or was it used by a railway? If the latter, do you know its history?

It wasn't teak originally. The wood is old and greyed. I'm planning to try and reuse some of the old wood that was in it to make a planted to go beside the bench.
As for the style, it was a bench that my Dad had in his "railway car" ( like a boarding room that he stayed in while working out in the middle of nowhere when he was operating a pile driver. He was one of 2 Pile Driver operators for the ACL. It was a huge steam powered machine that drove pilings(poles) into the river or swamp beds so they could lay track for the train. He worked in some isolated areas.
I seem to remember benches like this in the Railroad station for people to sit while waiting for a train. This bench was in his car in the 1950's so I'm not sure when it was made.
I also have a couple of old walnut chairs that came out of his railway car that I am still "in process" on. They were built to last also.
Jim

[roger wiegand]

It wasn't teak originally. The wood is old and greyed. I'm planning to try and reuse some of the old wood that was in it to make a planted to go beside the bench.
As for the style, it was a bench that my Dad had in his "railway car" ( like a boarding room that he stayed in while working out in the middle of nowhere when he was operating a pile driver. He was one of 2 Pile Driver operators for the ACL. It was a huge steam powered machine that drove pilings(poles) into the river or swamp beds so they could lay track for the train. He worked in some isolated areas.
Jim

Like these?: (I don't have any inside pictures that might show the furnishings)

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[Jim Tobias]

Similar in size/shape but I remember his being pulled off on a side rail from the main track. It had rail wheels on it, not tires like those seem to show.
They were usually in the same general spot for awhile when they started building a trestle so I think the crew put in a side "parking pad" when they started.
Jim

[jim sauterer]

Beautiful jim looks great

[Charlie Jones]

Really nice. I am sure the original was almost this well done.

[Bill McNiel]

Very nicely done Jim.

[Will Boulware]

Well that's pretty cool! Nice work!