Bob, What do you have for a frost line where you live? It's 4' in Maine, but once the footings are in the shifting is over. I'm not sure I wouldn't give up after a while. Ed Kozlowsky Sanford, Maine www.SScale.org
>________________________________ > From: Bob Werre <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 12:08 PM >Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Re: Flawless Operation > > > > > > What Alan says is true for some parts of the country--both in the model world > and the 1:1 version. Just a few blocks from my studio is what used to be > Bill Roberts' SAAP line, (SP in my day). It was certainly a downgraded > mainline but still had many far flung customers. Well they dumped a dozen or > so cars one day. About a month later the SP MW crews showed up with > everything they had. Because of soil conditions they laid down what looked > like rolls of carpet and relaid fresh ballast, ties new welded rail on top. > It wasn't too long and they were running double stacks and hosted mostly west > bound trains (dark territory). > >I had lunch at a neighborhood pizza joint yesterday, It's in a fairly new concreted slabbed typical strip center building. Inside they had to block off a few booths because the concrete floor has buckled by an impressive 1-2". > >On my railroad, several times I've had to go under the layout where I use two small jacks to raise or lower sections of the layout as needed. I own a 8' mason's level that helps in certain areas, but where there are intentional grades and curves, I just have to guess. I cut a whole series of various thickness blocks to shim where necessary. At one time, I could spot a car and have it follow the engine out of the siding. > >In the past I paid a contractor more than a few thousand to level my home--it helped but not enough for me to put away my jacks and seasonally make adjustments. > >Bob Werre >PhotoTrax
