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Shmitty, check out http://www.northeasternscalelumber.com/ they make all sorts of scaled lumber, since you want 18" rails, you'll probably want 24" ties, which is roughly a 1/4" in HO scale. And since this is for mine track, you won't need as many ties as a Railroads, probably just the ties that the spikes go into, so every 4 scale feet, maybe with a non-spiked at the 2' mark. NESL's 2x6's should do for mine ties. <br /> <br />I think i forgot to mention you'll need spikes as well, since this is a handlaying track operation, might want to pick up a book on how to properly handlay track, although since mine tracks are usually pretty static, you can get away with some of the normal problems like making sure the track stays in gauge and so forth. <br /> <br />Jay
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