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Louis and Norm, thank you for your answers. The Prague (Schuyler) line was indeed cinder ballasted. Louis, your suggestion of old cross ties across the track with a pile of cinders on them sounds branch-line-y so I'll probably go that way when I build my layout. There was never very heavy power on the line-- until 1942 a pair of K-1's, briefly an R-5a and then a GP9.
Louis wrote: Randy - Wouldn't been too much stone ballast (gravel) on a branchline, at least in the old days. Most likely a big pile of dirt mixed with cinders, or some worn out cross ties (or both) would've worked on stub end tracks back in the day. Best Regards - Louis Norm wrote: I've seen piles of gravel, fabricated from I-bars and wooden braced structures. Norm -- Randy Gordon-Gilmore __._,_.___ Posted by: Randy Gordon-Gilmore <randy.gordon.gilmore@gmail.com> __,_._,___ |