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The Olhausen Rustic Series - Railyard Pool Table

Starting at $14,138

Size:
7’ 8’ 8.5’ 9’ 10’ 12’

STARTING AT $14,138

Railyard Studio and Olhausen Billiards have partnered with Orvis to sell the Railyard Pool Table. This table is made of re-purposed railyard components from railyard studios and expertly finished by Olhausen Billiards. Every inch of this table depicts our nations great history and exemplifies our commitment to USA made quality.

The base is crafted from oak or hickory timbers and features a section of salvaged steel rail from the Tennessee Coal & Iron Company.  

Color: Whiskey 

Size: Standard 8-foot pool table

The Rail Yard Studios Pool Table features a trestle-style base with a section of decommission railroad rail combined with hardwood crosstie timbers. We reclaim the materials in the course of operating a railroad maintenance business and reimagine them for historic preservation and sustainability in the custom work we craft. 

Along the web of the rail there are markings still partially visible on many sections that identify the origins of the steel in the trestle of the table.

The Illinois foundry mark denotes the manufacturer, and serves as further proof of the steel's American-made provenance by virtue of its connection to the steel foundry that was located in what is today a suburb of Buffalo, New York. 

The entire brand reads The 90 on the web of the rail reflects the weight per yard and the 30 indicates the profile (shape) of the rail. The OH identifies it as being manufactured using the Open Hearth method. The date on the rail reads 191_ with the final digit missing due to the punch - the holes where a joint bar would have been installed on the end of the rail. 

For sustainability, we use naturally creosote-free North American hard wood crosstie timbers. These are ties pulled out of the treatment process as seconds or "culls" for various imperfections like, knots, checking and barkseams. Those flaws lend the wood an amazing old-world character. The crossties are distinguished by their sawmill banding and incisor marks - the small tic marks appearing along the length of the timbers. 

The numbered metal sites on the playing surface rails are nails. Until the late 1960's most crossties were marked with the year of manufacture using date nails.

 

 

The Olhausen Rustic Series - Railyard Pool Table on sale in Bloomington, IL at Altman's Billiards

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