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Do abanded lines look good on a layout?
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paint rails dark brown with a touch of orange. Old rails usually go darker with age,I've seen them almost black after many years of sitting there.Also paint some ties,light gray.almost white and pale tan,before you put down track take out a few ties and spread the rest of ties,cut some shorter and split some ends if you can,this makes it look negleted, add plenty of weeds and such even all fallen tree branch and other junk as people tend to throw stuff away at these spots,(pallets, tires ,etc). Through the fifties,sixties and seventies, railroads abandoned and usually , quickly tore out everything,now state and local governments step in and sometimes preserve the right of way for future concerns,so more tracks are just left there.
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