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Thanks for your posts. Yes, I do like to go down to yards and take pictures.  That's what I did before spending the last three weeks ballasting (4 hours a day most days).  Goodness, glad that is mostly over. What I learned from these photos that could save time (maybe someone else hasn't realized this either), is that I only need to be meticulous about brushing ballast off the tops of ties on the main line.  The yards (and I have two big ones) often have ballast all over because the speeds are not great enough to cause concern about flying rocks on hoses etc.  Good tip about using trash paper and strips for discarded metal strapping.  I am going to do that for sure. Plus I could be adding some short weeds, it seems, from your feedback.
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