My Dad had a piece of rail as an anvil when I was a kid…good for riveting, pounding things on, boys own bicep curl bar, probably not a good replacement for a real anvil. Don’t really see any value this wooden case adds; if it’s to reduce noise, maybe you should just wear good hearing protection anyway. Interesting thing about rail is the variety of steel used; I worked at one small station where there was a spur that hardly ever got used (South Slocan BC to Slocan city, FTWAI) . The steel on the spur never showed any rust on the rails, whereas the main line would start to rust after eight hours idle. This piece of rail in the video also seems to be pretty light; I think North American rail is usually 130 LB/Yard, but the piece in the video seems much less.
