To add to Bob's comment, the UP does not use concrete ties here either, they do use them in the more arid regions like New Mexico.
Ted Weiler Weatherford, TX ________________________________ From: Bob Werre <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, February 3, 2012 5:01:59 PM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Re: {S-Scale) Ideal working space! Well John, I'm certainly not a slobbering Pennsy guy. However, our area of the state is actually tropical in nature--mold, moisture. & humidity is often a everyday thing. Last year, because of a major drought, was different. There were certain areas, because we're just above sea-level and particular soil conditions where they lay a fabric like mat down under railroad bed. Bob Werre On 2/3/12 3:31 PM, [email protected] wrote: >Keeping in mind that Texas is quite close to the DRY, desert >states of the US, Bob's comment about moisture (quoted below) >makes me wondering if he might be drooling all over his trains >again...? > >I love trains, too, Bob... but... really? > >(elbow) >
