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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by nscaleboy StmEngr Posted: 31 Jul 2005, 13:43:17 Quote Posts: 21 Joined: 30 May 2005 Location: Seattle, WA There is a well known Kalmbach (N scale) book that uses this method on a foam surface: On a glued down Cork roadbed the track is initially held in place with Atlas track nails. The author then places ballast in place with water /glue mixture. He claims the ballast/water/glue mixture, once dried, is adequate to hold the track even after the nails are removed. This is the procedure that I intend to follow. Could this be a mistake? Jim Sounds like a good idea, and i have tried it, ONLY THING IS what do you do if you find a trouble spot and u just go and ballast the track while your laying it? [/quote] I'm doing precisely that for my layout. The thing is, you ballast the track at the tail end of your construction. 1. Lay track. 2. Run trains. 3. Build scenery. 4. Ballast track. This will give me plenty of time to work out all of the kinks in the trackage before it's permanently secured to the layout. Mark in Utah
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