Curmudgeon said:
Craig- Next time you're in town, I'll show you .172. I have lots of it, hand-laid, and going into TruScale, both brass and NS. Rebuilding the basement rr, adding double-track 2-rail 0 on the outside. I also have some .160 rail (no idea, as some is old, 3' sections, so not Atlas or ROCO), some 190, some 200....have two turnouts in .200, one coming in about .220. But even more in .172.Keeping rail spiked in outdoor environs is difficult at times. Best is plain steel spikes, let them rust.
Might be a while tell I’m back in town, but I’ll be sure to plan it out so that we’re home on OPS night! When I had my old layout up in Port Orchard, the spikes seemed to stay okay. Big lesson learned from that- never build on the ground again!
Craig