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Ok, if i get this straight, you have a 2-track mainline setup, but you want to make it look like one of the tracks is abandoned and the other is used. Prototypically, 2 lines next to each other, even if one is unused, are still kept relatively clean (no high weeds, ect). so in order to make the second line look unused, ballast it like normal, add some low grass along the middle of the rails, small amount on the side with the active rail and make the other side more grassy. and to make it look really unused, take the rail and paint it rust colored, top and sides. If on the otherhand, the line you want to make unused is not an old double line, then you can add some tall grass and hide the rails some, maybe even bury them a bit lower in the ground (sediment buildups). Your best bet is to go find examples of both in the real world, both types exists almost everywhere. I've got doubles where it's obvious one set of rails has not been used in ages, and I've also got single lines where it's obvious they haven't been used in decades, both within an hours drive of my house and in several locations.
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