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Rick White
I'm using balsa for a number of reasons :
a. It's cheap
b. It's readily available from just about any hobby shop
c. It's easy to distress
d. It takes all kinds of stains and paints very well
e. It comes in a good selection of thicknesses.
And the disadvantages?
a. It's soft and wouldn't hold track spikes by itself.
b. ...
So lets proceed.
I use cork under the sleepers and have found that the cork does an
excellent job holding the rail spikes in place. No rail movement.
Rick White