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Removing balast from old track
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I recently ripped up track from my old N Scale layout to reuse it on my new logging layout. (Very prototypical, I might add.) I used a flat scraper blade to remove the old cork roadbed so I could reuse that too. (Very un-prototypical.) <br /> <br />I put the whole mess of track, switches & cork in the bathtub & kept it soaking in <i>hot</i> water for several days. Whenever I thought of it, I'd drain off the old water & replace it with new hot water until all the diluted glue had desolved. <br /> <br />Wayne
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