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Dale, I think the preceding emails covered the topic very well. One alternative to Andrew's method of gluing down ballast is to use a 50-50 glue/water solution that has some liquid detergent mixedinto it. I "flood" the ballast to make sure that the glue seeps everywhere. Thus, I avoid the wetting step. Either way works. And both will almost guarantee that you will never have a gauging problem afterwards. By the way, if you have glued down your tracks or ties, use yellow glue that is water resistent. I used to use white glue to lay my ties (I hand lay track and switches) and never had a problem, but yellow glue is just added insurance. Also, for transitioning between mainline ballast and siding ballast, I make up three blends of 3:1, 2:2 and 1:3 (mainline:siding) in small paper drinking cups. Then I pour a little mound of each starting after the switch frog moving to the siding. By smoothing the ballast out with a soft brush, you get a good blended transition which I prefer. Good luck! Regards, Lou Adler
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