Hi all. I have to put in several grade crossings, and the procedure has me kinda stumped. How do you all do it? Not neccessarily the wood, concrete, gravel, etc. crossing between the rails itself, but the approaches. The (future) road leads up to the cork roadbed. Now what? Do you guys and gals leave the beveled cork roadbed in place, and putty/plaster/etc. over the bevel and level with the top of the cork? Do you cut out the beveled portion? And how do you all deal with the slope that will occur between the top of the cork, and the level (vehicle) road (before the crossing)? Hope I made it clear enough (what I'm asking) for you all to be able to respond to. Thanx, and take care, Mark
Many people use styrene as ramps up to the grade crossing and then smooth the tranitions with plaster or putty. By the way it's considered bad etiquette to post the same question to more than one forum. You should pick the forum that it most relates to only.
There are different ways to go. I cheat and use and Atlas rerailer as a grade crossing and smooth the road up to that point. I have also used AMI Instant Roadbed as well. Just make sure when you use plaster or the instant road bed, that you leave enough room for flanges. The best way to do this is to use an old set of freight car wheels.
