Buco, I come from a background in HO trains with as close to realistic scenery as the person can accomplish. In that regard, ballast was a "must". But now 50 years after starting my first HO layout, you can see I am in O gauge 3-rail. I am now seeing the benefits of not ballasting. I am starting to build a layout with GarGraves track and realistic scenery, but I'm holding out on ballasting for a while. Maybe I never will. As others have said, I think your layout looks great as it is. It has that traditional toy train look. Since you have the ballast, I agree with others, lay down some track on a spare piece of wood, ballast it, and see what you think.
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