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What scale can/should I use outdoors
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Today I was home on vacation. My next door neighbor is having a brick walkway installed. To my delight the brick guys had a trailer filled with stone dust. I asked them in the morning if they were going to be using it all, they replied they were going to use it all. In the afternoon, I invited them to my backyard to "see something interesting, a garden railway" A what they replied! When they saw the railway they couldn't believe it. They heard of such things but have never seen one. I explained to them that I use the same type of crushed stone they had on my track for ballast. They were full of questions. The funny thing is that they didnt get all caught up in scale or guage. It just looked great. A garden with a railray running thru it. At the end of the day they gave me a 5 gallon bucket of crushed stone. Nice guys. Just place your track on a nice trough of pea stone and cover the ties with smaller ballast stone, just like prototype. Your track will stay put. Don't limit yourself to running along beams, to much money and planning. Money for trains and track and time to enjoy them. <br />Pete
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