Attaching/laying track to wood

[Anonymous]

Welll I'm going too whether you like it or not. Don't do it mate don't do it. Get yourself together and start again

Rgds ian

[ondrek]

Sorry-

Dont reply to this thread, i put it in the wrong forum...I am positng it in the layout building forum...

I wasnt looking where i was when i started the question.

kevin

[ondrek]

Ok, I have been putting off my garden layout way way too long. and now that its now winter and the snow is out on the ground, I really want to build it (of course). I can either wait till the spring (may) or i can start now. I know many people have laid their track down on wood. I am thinking of this too. my concerns are the following:
1. expansion and contraction of the track due to temp changes
2. shifting due to frost heaving
3. balast runoff from wood roadbed due to rain

Anyone want to give me some pointers on this? I could start making sections of the layout in the basement attaching the track to sections of preasure treated wood that would then be laid down in the spring, or i can just wait, and lay the track down on a roadbed of crusher fines and let the track float like the store does in the next town.

thanks

Kevin