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Discussion related to everything about model railroading, from layout design and planning, to reviews of related model tools and equipment. Discussion includes O, S, HO, N and Z, as well as narrow gauge topics. Also includes discussion of traditional "toy train" and "collector" topics such as Lionel, American Flyer, Marx, and others. Also includes discussion of outdoor garden railways and live steamers.

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 #91795  by Espeelark
 
We're using splined Homasote on a friend's LARGE home layout and have found that even after we glue up the splines, let them dry for weeks, then followed by a coat of paint before spiking the track down, that the homasote will STILL contract the following winter when the ambient air is very dry. This causes incredile "kinkage" in the track where we will have to go back and adjust/re-spike the track. After this "adjustment" the track is fine from then on out. We've been through two winters now and this cycle seems to be inevitable for all the new splined homasote that HASN't been through a winter....