EMD - Every Model Different
ALCO - Always Leaking Coolant and Oil
CSX - Coal Spilling eXperts
Alton Junction
QUOTE: Originally posted by lesterperry I use stone dust from local quarry. I go there with a 5 gallon bucket and it is free. It is also the real thing. It will have to be sifted and some say to run a magnet trough it but I don't. I have been doing this for 10 years and no metallic problems. The magnets in locomotives would have to be really strong to pick up metal from that distance plus it is glued down.
Marlon
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QUOTE: Originally posted by Medina1128 Go to Wal-Mart and get a couple of tubes of sand. [...] I strain out the big (scale) boulders...
QUOTE: Originally posted by nucat78 .... A few folks advised against the sand because they thought it was more likely to jam the gears, etc (n-scale).
QUOTE: Originally posted by 2021 I've used both fine and medium and have found the medium more relistic over time. The fine starts to look dusty and gets a solid look. Our clubs' layout is 15 years old and while the new fine ballst is okay, the older leaves much to be desired (take this as a personal opinion only and not as a contrdiction of other comments).
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QUOTE: Originally posted by Tweet469 ...... I run it through an old sausage grinder that is hand powered. ..... I also grind up charcoal used in fi***ank filters...