Was I surprised.
Took three boxes of my fathers old Lionel track from the 1930's to the metal guy in West Deptford and only got $7.95 for 82 pounds of track.
Thought I would get a lot more than that. 
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You might have got more by selling on the forum!
Rod
We get paid 4 cents a pound for our scrap metal. So you did well, but they did get a higher quality steel. If the track was rusted beyond all usefulness then you did the right thing. Even in fair condition old track sits around at a dollar per section at shows that I attend. Before the economy went sour I would have thought this a sacrilege - not anymore.....
Steel scrap isn't usually worth the trip to the scrap yard unless you have several hundred pounds of it.
If something is still useable, I try to offer it up at just a little over scrap value if I want to get rid of it quickly.
Andy
My neighbor sells metal on a regular basis. The only reason it works for him is he has a truck that will haul TONS at a time. We scrapped a old pick up and let him take it along with a mini van the local VFD had cut up as practice. He has a heavy equipment business and also creates heavy scrap with dead engine blocks etc.
But pounds.....hard to get your gas money back!!
