Posted by tootall606 on monday october 8 2018 10 43 am i have ballasted my main lines with woodland scenics medium grey blend ho scale.
Ballast for sidings.
Posted by nik n on wednesday may 16 2012 10 28 am hi all i was wondering if crushed coal would be an acceptable substitute for the black cinder ballast that woodland scenics sells for sidings.
I have some warehouse sidings along with two others that serve food product companies.
Rails are often corrugated on the tracks laid with this material as ballast.
I hope this video helps others find out methods of laying down ballast on tracks.
Maintenance of the track laid with this material as ballast is very difficult.
I have some pictures to illustrate the ballast colors from hobart yard.
Crushed coal as siding ballast.
You will now have an overgrown siding which looks like the grass and weeds are protruding through the ballast.
Maintenance of the track laid with this material as ballast is very difficult.
I have ample coal supplies but not enough cash to spare for the real stuff.
Along side of hobart yard in los angeles the mainline has the red ballast but the sidings have grey ballast.
I made up a mix of other ballasts dirt etc to use around the warehouses and will add some weeds etc.
Rails are often corrugated on the tracks laid with this material as ballast.
Selected earth may be used as material for railway ballast for sidings and also for newly laid tracks.
The main purpose of earth using on new formation is to prevent the loss of goods and expensive ballast by sinking into soft formation.
For sidings and also for new laid railway track selected earth of suitable quality is sometimes used as ballast.
Emptying ballast for the new tracks at quarry siding and tamping to secure the sleepers.
Typically the ballast on sidings and spurs may or may not have the red ballast.
Selected earth may be used as material for railway ballast for sidings and also for newly laid tracks.
S ignalling p hotos the railway signalling photo archive.
Today i finally add the ballast to the two sidings on my layout.
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