Good match for mopac ballast

[Larry Winfrey]

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

[David Boeschen]

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

[anonymous]

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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[anonymous]

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[Charles Duckworth]

Larry
Depending on your era you could ballast them mainline with rock and the industry spurs with a mix of cinder and dirt.

[Jerry Michels]

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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