02-09-2009, 10:34 PM
Looks pretty good to me, Jim, as if it had recently been ballasted but not yet tamped. Do your turnouts work okay? The ballast looks fairly deep, which can prevent the points from moving freely.
Here's a couple pictures of some real track, for reference:
As you can see here, nothing wrong with covering the tie tops, either, as long as it doesn't interfere with operation:
Along with painting the rails, ballasting is a low-cost and low-stress way of improving the look of any layout, and you're off to a great start.
Wayne
Here's a couple pictures of some real track, for reference:
As you can see here, nothing wrong with covering the tie tops, either, as long as it doesn't interfere with operation:
Along with painting the rails, ballasting is a low-cost and low-stress way of improving the look of any layout, and you're off to a great start.
Wayne