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Ground level vs. elevated R.O.W trackage

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Hey Super man, Our layout is all raised off the ground on "spline" roadbed. Some areas have plants under the roadbed while others are fully scenic using cement landforms with pockets of plantings. If anyone is interested in a not too difficult to build free flowing roadbed system check out "Spline Roadbed" on the FYI thread. Now, please don't take this next part as a slam on ground level roadbed. I'm just trying to point out that both types of roadbed are a lot of work. Sorry Ian, I don't think your lazy; if you were you wouldn't be in garden railroading. The gravel-in-a-ditch method may look easy at first glance but is it realy all that easy in practice. Digging a ditch 8" wide and 6" deep is a lot of work. If you have a lot of water to deal with your ditch will have to be even deeper so a drainage pipe can be placed in the bottom of the trench to draw off the excess water. Then you need to move all that dirt to a new location. You may be surprise to see how much dirt will come from a ditch only 8"x6". Next comes the moving of many pounds or maybe even tons of gravel to fill the ditch back up again. If you want a roadbed that is raised slightly above the ground level even more gravel has to be moved. As far as expense goes, gravel in any form is not free. And on the raised roedbed side of things; an open framework does not take as much material as it may seem at first glance. I feal that it's a draw between the two systems so choose yours based on need or preference. May all your weeds be wild flowers....OLD DAD
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