BTW,
Rick uses Llagas Creek tie strips. I don’t think he handspikes.
I’m too cheap to be able to afford plastic tie strips, and then someday I eventually want to move the rail slightly wider… So yah I’m cheap. $150 worth of spikes and free lumber equals a lot more track than $150 worth of tie strips.
Craig Townsend said:
BTW,
Rick uses Llagas Creek tie strips. I don’t think he handspikes.
Rick now uses Llagas creek and many other brands of track and tie strips becaus Rick has hand spiked more than enough rail to last him a long time. truthfully when the track is 3/4 buried in ballast and dirt and vegetation it is pretty hard to notice the difference.
Edit to add, the only hand spiking/wood ties I do now days is for detailed models or dio’s.