Good match for mopac ballast

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  • July 23, 2020 at 6:17 am #6378
    Larry Schievelbein
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    Forum,

    I’m want to purchase ballast for my Wichita sub but I’m not sure of the correct color and the brand to buy. Any help would be appreciated.

    Larry

    July 24, 2020 at 12:03 am #9830
    princessclyne69
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    For the limestone ballast, I once used the Highball Products limestone but an equivalent is the Arizona Rock & Minerals 1392. It’s not often listed on their website but I’ve been able to get it from them.

    Ballast has changed a lot in recent years. Now there’s a lot of 2″ crushed granite, but in the 50s-60s it was a lot smaller. I harvested some from the Wichita Sub, maybe from around Eureka, thirty years ago and it was more like what I would call chat, mostly 1/4″ to 3/8″ size.

    RG7

    July 24, 2020 at 5:10 pm #9831
    bargetanika
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    Down here in Louisiana the NOT&M, whose practice I’m largely following, used pea gravel quite a bit in the ‘40’s according to the profiles. I used an equal mix of Woodland Scenics light buff and darker tan and it looks pretty good.

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    July 24, 2020 at 6:53 pm #9832
    bargetanika
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    July 26, 2020 at 10:41 pm #9834
    peggyrothschild
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    Larry
    Depending on your era you could ballast them mainline with rock and the industry spurs with a mix of cinder and dirt.

    July 27, 2020 at 2:37 pm #9835
    Bud Moss
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    It can also depend on where the branch was located. In the coal mining areas, cinders and mine tailings even she shells (ground up of course) were used. Condensed track profiles always note the ballast type. Jerry Michels

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