Gray crushed stone of a medium grade for the track bed of main lines and station areas.
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The layer of crushed stone under the ties is not just decoration. It spreads the load from the axles into the earthworks, carries water away from the wood and the steel and above all keeps the ties from shifting when a train passes over the rails. That is exactly why broken stone with sharp edges is used, which locks into itself, and not pebbles from a river. On European as well as North American main lines, granite or hard limestone has always been laid, and that is where the sober gray tone of this material comes from.
A new track looks clean and light, but it changes with use. Dust falls between the ties, a rusty film settles from the brakes and where a locomotive stands a dark oil trace appears. Gray stone takes such interventions well, because it serves as a neutral base on which every later shade stands out.
The loose material is dosed out a little at a time, best from a paper cone run along the track. The sides of the embankment are then shaped with bristles and the space between the ties, where stone does not belong, is cleared. It is fixed by dripping on thin glue with a wetting agent, which saturates the layer without washing it away. Let it dry overnight and only then reach for further work.
The material is dry and pours from a resealable bag, so the remainder of the scatter will last until the next build. Lay a mat or newspaper out before working; spilled grains can be fished out of a carpet only with great patience.
Naši poradci a znalci sortimentu jsou připraveni odpovídat na Vaše dotazy (Po–Pá, 8–18 hod).
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