The stone you see in the video is only next to the track, not under it. The stone was removed and a sub-bed of small gravel and fines were used for the roadbed and ballast. After the track was laid, balasted, and leveled, it was watered making the fines hard as concrete. The track has not been leveled since its instalation, it is still level and runs great.
Hmmm. Thats interesting. The railroads that I have built and worked on have always sat on a 4+ inch thick concrete base that runs the length of the entire railroad. I acctually live a mile amay from the worlds largest garden railroad in the Rio Verde Foothills north of Pheonix AZ. We have not touched the track since it was laid 6 years ago. Thats pretty good considering that we close the railroad down for the summer. We just come out after 6 months and blow off the tracks with a leaf blower.
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Anzyviorthh 3 years ago
You built you railroad on to of rocks!?!?! How many times a day do you have to go out and level and rebuild the tracks?
mramazing31 3 years ago
The stone you see in the video is only next to the track, not under it. The stone was removed and a sub-bed of small gravel and fines were used for the roadbed and ballast. After the track was laid, balasted, and leveled, it was watered making the fines hard as concrete. The track has not been leveled since its instalation, it is still level and runs great.
dti601 3 years ago
Hmmm. Thats interesting. The railroads that I have built and worked on have always sat on a 4+ inch thick concrete base that runs the length of the entire railroad. I acctually live a mile amay from the worlds largest garden railroad in the Rio Verde Foothills north of Pheonix AZ. We have not touched the track since it was laid 6 years ago. Thats pretty good considering that we close the railroad down for the summer. We just come out after 6 months and blow off the tracks with a leaf blower.
mramazing31 3 years ago