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Paul, I was thinking about that also. Do you think it would work well to paint the rail, then as you're laying it, using thinner to remove paint in small areas to solder to, etc.? I was messing around with some wood in the garage - just poking spikes into different woods. I'm starting to think it may be possible to be less frustrated with spiking if I could just buy the right wood - maybe high quality stuff with as few knots as possible. Something else I've read about is making the roadbed from 1/4" thick strips of pine layed next to each other to accomodate curves, etc. If I were to use this approach, I could just rip tons of 1/4" thick pieces, then chop off all the knots and denser areas, leaving me with nice softer wood without a ton of waste. Thoughts?
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