Standard Railway Sleeper Straight Flat Brackets Our brackets provide a quick and very easy system for mounting and joining railway sleepers for garden construction work. Our unique design is cheap, quick to install, and works with all sizes of timber railway sleepers. These straight flat brackets are a quick and easy system for mounting railway sleepers as driveway or pathway edging or straight edges, as well as building raised beds and planters, securing retaining walls and border edging, and many other simple constructions. These simple straight, flat brackets should be used to secure timbers that are being joined end-to-end. Simply press the sleepers together, and then use the bracket to secure the join on the long edges. The bracket features 8 holes, 7.