01-19-2012, 08:23 AM
lears2005 Wrote:Ok guys I have a ? I am going to be using the track plan that has been posted here. I would like to know should I put cork road bed under the track or just lay the track on the layout base. I would thnk that I would not need the cork road bed as this is a swiching layout and not like a main line track. thank you guys for all your help
It would depend on what sort of area you are modeling even if it is freelance. I am going to model the Los Angeles Junction Rwy. On a recent rail fanning expedition with another LAJ fan and Reinhard when he visited So Cal I noticed that there was absolutely no sign of ballast anywhere on the LAJ.
The shop where I worked before I retired, we were adjacent to the U.P. main line in City of Industry, Ca. As you can probably guess by the name, COI is mostly industrial. Many of the industries are served by rail. COI is located in the Pamona-Walnut Valley between to low ridges. On the North side of the valley is the old S.P. main line out of Colton, and to the South side of the valley is the U.P. mainline. Both are now U.P. mains. Both mainlines are well ballasted, but the industrial leads drop down off the ballast and run in the dirt or in asphalt where they cross parking lots.