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I have had great sucess using Cork Roadbed. The problem of "carving" the ditches, is the rail will always be at the height of the surrounding "level" unless you are scoring away A LOT of foam. <br /> <br />All of that aside, I use liquid nails to glue the cork down. It is tacky, so your cork "sticks" and can be pushed or pulled in line with your trackplan for five minutes or so. <br /> <br />It also is not a water based glue, so the cork doesn't deform and pull away. It literally sticks flat. No need to tack, or staple (however I do employ weights or objects to help adhere in tighter curves.) <br /> <br />The Liquid Nails or generic substitute also seems to insulate the sound until you ballast... however, when you go back the next day and lay track, you should use diluted white glue to secure the track after "tacking" it here and there to keep the track in the center of the cork. After a day or so the track is solid and won't budge, making it much easier to work around and even ballast at a later date. <br /> <br />My thought on the sound issue changed after ballasting long sections. The ballast and white glue hardens like a rock, and seems to transfer the sound to the foam board, (albeit not as loud as without the cork.) <br /> <br />
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