@Richie C. posted:Dan,
The e-bay supplier makes the foam roadbed in a wider size to accommodate Fastrack and in gray or black (I believe) color.
Most of my layout utilizes FT on a 3/4" foam (box store sheet) top over a plywood base with no roadbed and the sound is what it is. I never found it objectionable, especially given the engine, railsounds, squeals, crew talk, etc. from my command control engines that virtually drown out any noise created by FT versus other trackage.
However, I expanded the layout recently and ran FT over a long 1" X 4" piece of oak and a wooden shelf and needed something that was a 1/4" high to mate up with the existing track height and used this foam road bed and, FWIW, it is definitely quieter than just the wood and, also, the FT over sheet foam.
Thanks, Richie. I was looking toward further muffling track noise. I live in coastal North Carolina, about 1 mile from the ocean. I discovered that you cannot find Homesote here and nobody was going to ordered it since i only need 3 or 4 sheets. Instead I used 2x4 ceiling tiles on 1/2" plywood. It works well but the tiles are very soft and, of course, will not hold a screw. I got a box of 1 1/2" #4 wood screws and drive those into the plywood for anything that needs to be held down. I use 2 or 3 screws through the track on curves and 1 or 2 on straights to keep everything from moving around. These are driven in then backed off 1/2 turn so they don't transmit the noise.
Nice looking setup you have.
