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Reply to "How many of you hand lay your own rail?"

If you model other than a backwoods railroad for prototype appearance the track should have tie plates under the rail - they are very noticeable.  IMO weathered flex track with tie plates looks closer to prototype than hand laid track without the plates.  We all make compromises in our modelling - I use 5' gauge flex track and hand lay my turnouts using ROW castings).  With over 120 turnouts on the railroad I chose to not install tie plates on the turnouts and skip some of the spikes. It's your railroad - you get to make the decisions regarding compromises with prototype practice and how you allocate your time and money. 

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