Reply to "Ballast Test - Would like your opinion."

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For the last 30 years, the Chicago & North Western used the Pink Lady rock system wide, supplementing it occasionally with some other sources. I've seen spot ballasting done on industrial track with a grayish/white rock, but even secondary lines used Pink Lady. The line through Rock Springs was the original Twin Cities main, and stayed open west of Reedsburg through 1987 to finish out the ballast season (mainline through service was discontinued in the early 80s). Afterward, C&NW entered a swap agreement with BN to supply some of the lines in Minnesota with ballast. BN delivered ballast from its sources to C&NW up north, while C&NW would load BN trains with Pink Lady ballast to hand over in Chicago.

A lot of my railroad is Chicago&Northwestern so I'm using a pinkish color ballast.

2/9/189:41 PM

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