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[quote user="joe323"] Ok ballast is done on the SIW took longer than I thought including a number of pases with the vacuum and my fingers picking out excess.  (As an aside the real rock product is a bit better to work with than Woodland Scenics Walnut Shells.) No question ballasted track is noisier than unballasted track but still quieter than ez track so I will live with it. <div style="clear:both;"> </div> [/quote] My last layout was cork on blue foam or W/S foam risers for most of its length.  There was a section that was cork on plywood.  The noisy section was the cork on plywood, but it was not too bad due to the blue foam glued (liquid nails) to the plywood, which I beleive reduced the ability for the plywood to reverberate.   Liquid nails was used to attach the track throughout, with the exeception of a staging yard where track nails were used.  Not a lot of trains were run in the staging yard, but it was noisy as well.  Benchwork was a series of box frames bolted together.   I had a few short sections ballasted in tunnels.  You could hear a noise difference (not really better or worse).  The cork on plywood section transitioned to cork on risers.  You could tell exactlly when the locomotive started climbing the grade.  Cork on white styrfoam or blue foam board was relatively quiet.  Again, all track was affixed with liquid nails.  My next layout will be all handlaid on homasote roadbed with plywood under the yard areas and MDF splines.
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