Hi All,
I am sending this out as a public service announcement. I am NOT getting any remuneration whatsoever for this email. I have found a source of a bulk material that can be used right out of the bag as track ballast. There is no dying of play sand and letting it dry etc. This product is ready to use! The company is HYPERLINK "http://www.estesco.com/"http://www.estesco.com. I was quoted $17.00 per FIFTY POUND bag plus shipping. I am finding out that 50 pounds will go a long way. Since I just pitched it to Esteco this afternoon, they are probably not completely ready not deal with us train folk on a 1 and 2 bag order yet. I advised them to ship it is a spackle bucket as the thick paper bag will not due for UPS. I am sure they will accommodate us if there is enough interest. Here is a 2MB photo of my modules with the ballast applied. HYPERLINK "http://www.lanestrains.com/Bulk_Ballast.jpg"http://www.lanestrains.com/Bulk _Ballast.jpg It is a quartz material that is dust free, and is uniform in color and size. The 50 pound bag I got was the medium gray Trowel Rite product. I thought at first that it was just slightly too small for S Scale but it is growing on me now. I think most HO scale modelers will drop dead when they see this material. They make different sizes and colors as well. I did not get into any details of what might be used to N or O scale. That will be up to you. I would expect it to cost at least $25.00 per 50 pounds to ship, but that is still significantly a better price then the $4-5.00 per pound for the Woodland Scenics materials. I have added this info to my S Scale modules page as well so you do not have to keep this email. HYPERLINK "http://www.lanestrains.com/S_Scale_Modules2.htm"http://www.lanestrains.com/ S_Scale_Modules2.htm It will be here forever. Do NOT contact me with any questions. Contact Tom Catrambone 1-800-248-2271 or HYPERLINK "mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 0for%20Model%20Railroad%20Ballast"email him. Thank You, Bill Lane Modeling the Mighty Pennsy & PRSL in 1957 in S Scale since 1988 See my finished models at: http://www.lanestrains.com Winner of the 2007 Josh Seltzer NASG Website Award Look at what has been made in PRR in S Scale! Importing a Brass S Scale PRR X29 & G26 http://www.pennsysmodels.com PRR Builders Photos Bought, Sold & Traded (Trading is MUCH preferred) http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls ***Join the PRR T&HS*** The other members are not ALL like me! http://www.prrths.com http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf Join the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Historical Society It's FREE (for now) http://www.prslhs.com Preserving The Memory Of The PRSL See my Altoona train videos here http://www.myspace.com/billlane No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.12/997 - Release Date: 9/9/2007 10:17 AM [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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