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I am not a expert at laying track. I use Atlas Code 83 and #6 for mains, #4 for yards etc. I also use flextrack to try and breakup long straight sections as well as cutting down on joints of sectional track. <br /> <br />However if done properly handlaid track can really bring joy to you. I think if I did it, I may end up in a sanitarum screaming "Ties!, Ties!, Ties!" <br /> <br />I recently watched the UP replace every tie on a 50 mile stretch of double track. Took them several weeks with every train crawling past blasting the wistle every 10 feet. But now they have fine track. None of that pumping with spurting mud and water splashing on the crossing.
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