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Railway track makes a good beginner anvil.

But where do you buy it?

One suggestion — look in railway supply places. Fortuitously, Illinois is a major center for the railway industry in the US.

Another suggestion — just walk into a railyard, talk up some folks there, and ask if they have any scrap laying around.