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Great link Andy, thanks. The skidder pictures brings some insight to the process but also raises a few questions some of you may know the answers to. How far did these high lines go back into the woods, hundreds of feet, a mile or more? What was the means of comunication between the woods site...

Charles; Radio Shack used to have books that listed emergency channel freqs. These also included railroads freqs. This was in the pre-internet days. I've tried the internet but everything I've found requires money in some way. Maybe someone out there knows a site that lists what you'd like for...

Bob I used an electric saber-saw with a fine tooth metal blade; it worked well. If you've never cut homasote with a saber-saw you've never seen a mess! Dust and particles all over the place! Somewhere in the boxes from my move I have some knife blades for the saw. I'm thinking they would work...

Thanks for the great replies guys. Just the kind of info I was loking for. I'll spend this weekend experimenting and let you know how it goes. Stump7

AJ: Thanks for you unequivocal response. I had suspected that loosing the plywood/homasote technique would be the way to go, thanks for your confirmation. I certainly relate to your track plan being in flux. I know mine has too much track and looks too busy, but I can’t seem to reduce it much...

Hi Folks I am a newbie to modular railroading. My previous layout was a moderate sized double deck affair using traditional L girders, plywood/homasote roadbed carried on wooden risers. I’ve followed the links found on this forum and used all the great information available so I now have two...