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Alright, I finally made it back to the lumberyard. I bought a 4 x 8 sheet of 3/16" thick Lauan plywood. That, plus the tie thickness is just about exactly the length of the spikes. This stuff seems perfect! It spikes quite nicely. Hopefully over the weekend I'll get some rail-laying experimenting going. The one downside is I'll have to use the cookie-cutter method, which isn't 100% efficient in terms of material use. The upside is all my turnouts will be able to be built on one solid base without joints, etc. Wish me luck!!!
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