Ballasting and Road Work

The new road and parking lot in the background.

Another view of the parking lot.

Almost all of the track is ballasted now....

Ballast Experimentation

It's kind of illogical to ballast FasTrack, since it already has a plastic base built in.  If I could choose any other track, I would go with Atlas O without a base so ballasting would make more sense.  But the fact is that I already have a lot invested in the FasTrack, and it is great track no matter what.  I also think the switches are incredibly good, and I might not be able to find that with other systems.  I'm not speaking from experience with other switches, just considering it.  Finally, while I do think the gray plastic base on FasTrack looks good, I think ballasting will look dramatically better for what I am shooting for, which is kind of a high-rail type of layout.

So here is my first shot at it.  I don't particularly love what I am seeing but it is ok.