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After looking at the dimensions of HO track, it seems the strips approach could be problematic. You could easily end up in situations where you're trying to spike right at the seam of 2 stips. Not good. I'm not sure how Michael Tylick dealt with this exactly. Been doing some searching at Lowe's online - they sell higher quality pine as "craft board". I'll have to get down there and check the stuff out, but I'm guessing this will be knot-free stuff. More expensive than slicing & dicing my own 1x2x8, etc., but possibly more spiking-friendly. I've been thinking of the pro's & con's of spiking vs. gluing, and one item that Paul brought up is the adjustability factor. Spikes are easy to adjust. Glue - possibly not as easy. I do like the bullet-proofness of spiked rail. That stuff is not going anywhere, that's for sure. Still on the fence. Will likely try both methods and go from there.
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