Some shots of McDaniel yard in West Worley, Idaho, on the Spokane Southern. Date, 9 August, 1952.
Ballast is Arizona Rock and Mineral D&RGW on the main, and AR&M GN Basalt in the yard. Woodland Scenics ground foam between the tracks.
regards,
Jerry Zeman
N737AA wrote: Not much ballest here.........http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=240519&nseq=10
Not much ballest here.........
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=240519&nseq=10
Of course, nothing beats the real thing - but that's a great pic!! The oil/grease at the turnout thow bars is something I've never seen modeled - OK scenery guru's - let's show that!!
My other comment is that the finer the ballast, the better it photographs. A few of the shots look like the track was ballasted with boulders - or at least 8" to 12" rocks!! My
Woodland Scenics medium ballast was used on the layout here. There are three colours mixed 2 parts buff 1 part dark brown and 1 part light brown. If I were doing it again I would add 1 part grey blend to teh mix.
The ballast is applied dry and fasted using the bonded ballast method. The ballast is moistened with water with a bit of liquid soap added. A 50-50 mix of Elmers yellow glue is then applied with a squeeze bottle with a small opening. The glue is applied between the rails and the glue seeps down through the ballast and allowed to dry.
Along the mainline -
On a branchline -
CNJ831
This is a mix of WS cinder and brown ballast:
This is straight WS light gray:
Nick
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Highball HO Brown ballast, silfor grass, static grass on the hillsides and Yesteryear Creations etched brass barbed wire fence. I put the camera directly on the track to take the picture.
The club that I belong to uses several different ballasts. This one is a light Woodland Scenics. The black sign is a Tichy snow plow/flanger sign. the V portion tells the operator of the plow to bring in the snow plow wings and the / portion tells the operator to lift the flanger blades for an obsticle like a grade crossing. At the top of the photo is a cut that necessitates the closing of the plow wings.
This photo shows part of our yard. Like many yards it is ballasted with a cinder ballast. The ballast used came from an unusual source - the laser cutting machine at Grumman. It is the titanium oxide waste from cutting out titanium wing pannels for F-14 airplanes.
This photo by the turntable and round house - the ballast is to be cinder ballast too. In this case we used a very, very old product - black dyed saw dust. It had been brought in by a member and had laid around for a long time. It worked out much better than any of us had thought. Not too bad?
I had posted several more photos from this club under "backdrops" and "uses for sprues" - just in case if you want to see more.
Rutlandray
Here's what you wanted.
4x8 are fun too!!! RussellRail
Gary UK wrote:Simply WS fine gray and lite gray mixed together and spread and fixed in the time honured fashion. Track is Peco code 83.
Simply WS fine gray and lite gray mixed together and spread and fixed in the time honured fashion. Track is Peco code 83.
Grampy,
I wish you would stop showing pictures of your railroad - it makes me want to take an axe to mine!
Your railroad provides great inspiration.
rogertra wrote: Above:- Quick grab shot of Granville Yard showing cinder ballast.
Above:- Quick grab shot of Granville Yard showing cinder ballast.
Roger, you do a great job with your track. What kind of ballast is that?
Charlie
Cheers
Roger T.
Home of the late Great Eastern Railway see: - http://www.greateasternrailway.com
For more photos of the late GER see: - http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l99/rogertra/Great_Eastern/
I'm late in responding (had to upload pictures), but here's mine, it's Atlas code 80 track, woodland scenics road bed, and woodland scenics fine buff ballast. I just dumped the ballast on, and ran my finger between the rails to even that ballast out, and used a woodland scenics shaker cap to profile the ballast on the edges (put the bottom on the foam and held at desired angle. might ave to add ballast in certain places).
And for these tracks, woodland scenics course ballast and ground foam. do the same w/ the ballast, then sprinkle on ground foam until they are as weedy as you like (I like them very weedy):
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Electrolove:
Over the years I have spent a sum of money on bagged ballast. When I started the New WTRR I decided to go natural. I gather fine powered dust from parking lots and street that cars have pulverized.
I sift it too different grades then run a magnet through the sifted dirt to remove the metal, and it works.
Another method is, I go to one of the box stores and buy sand box sand, I then mix that with black and white tempra powdered paint from Hobby Lobby.
I spread the ballast over the track the use a soft paint brush to spread it over the track then tamp down the edges on the out side. I again run the magnet along the tracks to gather up any metal, which I never find, then I am ready for the final step.
Once I am satisfied with the look and the edges I then use alcohol spray then add diluted white glue to the ballast.
When dry and I clean the track trains are ready to roll.
Robert Sylvester, WTRR
No worries, Les. I thought maybe you were just in a hurry. Even so, I understood you completely, and enjoyed your photos very much. Thanks for your contribution.
-Crandell
This has nothing to do with ballast. I posted a reply and misspelled many words. I just want you to know I am not an idiot. I do type one finger and I am having eye trouble due to prescriptions. So bear with me for a while.
Les
Grampys Trains wrote:Hi loathar: Do you mean something like this? Or this?
Grampys........that is one fine looking layout you have there.
In a previous reply to this post is a pic of your engine terminal. What is the track spacing for those three tracks leading to the engine house?
Thanks,
Real dirt, sifted and baked.
Woodland scenics fine gray, Arizona rock and mineral grey and buff, real dirt, WS blended gray
Guy
see stuff at: the Willoughby Line Site
I'm in Peoria. Love the corn fields
majortom
BCSJ wrote:Woodland Scenics medium brown on my timesaver.----------More WS medium ballast on my East Jallen (u-turn) area. ----------Arizona Rock & Mineral - GN mainline on the left, yard mix on the right (iirc - it was 7 years ago!) on the end of peninsual turnback tracks.----------- AR&M SP ballast on my Jallen causeway module.----------More of either the AR&M SP or yardmix (can't remember off the top of my head!) on my Redland diorama.-----------Smith and Sons Limestone ballast along upper Bear Creek on my current BC&SJ layout. I switched from AR&M for the mainline because Smith and Sons isn't magnetic where as the AR&M stuff is (to a slight extent). The Smith and Sons also looks pretty good (especially under this lighting).-------More Smith & Sons on the mainline. Woodland scenics (buff and light gray) on the spur track.----- Regards,Charlie Comstock
Woodland Scenics medium brown on my timesaver.
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More WS medium ballast on my East Jallen (u-turn) area.
Arizona Rock & Mineral - GN mainline on the left, yard mix on the right (iirc - it was 7 years ago!) on the end of peninsual turnback tracks.
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AR&M SP ballast on my Jallen causeway module.
More of either the AR&M SP or yardmix (can't remember off the top of my head!) on my Redland diorama.
Smith and Sons Limestone ballast along upper Bear Creek on my current BC&SJ layout. I switched from AR&M for the mainline because Smith and Sons isn't magnetic where as the AR&M stuff is (to a slight extent). The Smith and Sons also looks pretty good (especially under this lighting).
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More Smith & Sons on the mainline. Woodland scenics (buff and light gray) on the spur track.
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Regards,
Charlie Comstock
billyank1864 wrote: Simon1966,Central Illinois, where? I am about 20 North of Bloomington. Billy
Simon1966,
Central Illinois, where? I am about 20 North of Bloomington.
Billy
I actually live in Troy, about 18 miles East of St. Louis. The photo in question was taken in Gillespie Illinois around exit 44 on I55, so a bit further south than you. Virtually all my brother and sister in laws went to school in Normal.
Simon Modelling CB&Q and Wabash See my slowly evolving layout on my picturetrail site http://www.picturetrail.com/simontrains and our videos at http://www.youtube.com/user/MrCrispybake?feature=mhum
I know I will be bad mouthed for this. I use sifted stone dust from local quarry. It will supposedly will cause a short circut from Iron in it, but no problem here.
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I used a spoon to put it down. tham a cheap paint brush (not nylon) to spread it. then a small artist brush to touch up. after I am satisfied with appearance apply wet water let it soak in real good. then use elmers glue/water mix. I am not sure of % but probably 70 or 80% water.let it dry there it is. I saturate it wit the glue mix,I don't think you can over do it.Also the ballast is the last thing I do. I use a shot vac to clean my layout ant havent had to repace any scenery yet.