Ray Marion posted:Hi Art
It has been a while for me. Excellent progress! You always work and leave everything so clean looking. Did you ever decide on what and when with the track ballast?
Ray
Ray I was beginning to think that you were swallowed by a black hole or something? It has been quite awhile. I hate going back to work with a dirty, messy workplace so there only seems to be one solution.
Concerning ballast, I think I am going with what Menards calls their Traction Sand, but will strain it to remove the larger pieces. I like that look for my upper level Milwaukee Road branchline.
I haven't decided what to use for the lower level yet. I have ballast from Brennan and Scenic Express. While I like both they just aren't the right shade. I was out this afternoon and was studying the BNSF mainline and wish I could find something that was closer to their crushed granite that they use in this part of the country. It has a variegated brown/gray color with a tinge of a pink shade to it. Not very easy to match in my opinion.
Art
