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
my way of handling this is to elevate the road to the cork level. Now that the road is higher than the plane on either side I gently slope it to smooth it out.
I havent built much of my scenery yet, but i am planning on buiding my roads without any grade crossings. I saw some road that came in a roll that you just glue down at my local hobby store, i intend to buy some and have dirt roads for the rest. But i would also like to know a good way to make crossings. My previous layout had them and i was not happy with the results i got from making small wood ramps with a piece of wood cut to size between the tracks
