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SOUTHERN WOOD PIEDMONT (SWP) FOOT NAILS Southern Wood Piedmont Company made, among other things, nails that were to mark railroad ties according to their length in excess of the normal eight (8) feet. These ties were used when a longer tie was required for creating a siding, spur, switches, etc. These particular nails were used by the Seaboard Air Line and perhaps other railroads. The Union Pacific Railroad also used Foot/Switch nails but they are quite different. I have another page for those. The pictures here show the nails in my collection at this time and do not necessarily represent all the types that were made. I am still looking for additional sizes and variants. The purpose of this display is to acquaint anyone interested to the differences found and to hopefully generate some exchange of information towards the goal of documenting, for posterity, the variations in these particular nails. Look closely and you will see that while the numbers are shaped the same, the size, shape and thickness of the heads and location of the numbers on the heads can vary, sometimes quite a bit. The same can be said about the shanks. While they are all quite short the anchor marks can be quite different. Note where the "T" is in relationship to the top anchor and the spacing, size, thickness of the anchors. Also, the size and thickness of the "T" is noticeably different on some and on some types the "T" is almost non-existent. The pictures here are THUMBNAILS. To view full size, click on the picture, then hit the BACK BUTTON to return. SET #1
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