I spent almost 12 hrs. on my layout on Saturday, re-doing my track layout plan! I never liked the track over the cement pad so I decided to change it. Went to the local landscaper, and purchased 1/2 ton of my rock like I used for the last two years, changed the track layout and put down ballast on the new track plan, and ballasted the other areas of my track to level and fill in. Boy was I tired after hauling all that gravel in a small wheel barrow at a time out of my pickup. That little pile in the background is what was left of the 1/2 ton of ballast!! Always nice to have a little left over! Makes for running trains a lot better and smoother than before!! Things change all the time, and I get wild hairs to change for the better as I see the need!! Regal Pictures Before
AFTER
You can see in this last picture where the track used to lay by the dark trail left on the cement!! Notice from the first to the last picture other places in need of more ballast too, which was accomplished at the same time. I had several areas in need of some more ballasting!!