I'm considering making a simplified layout using hollow core doors.Lowes sells a black fiber board that have used before on traditional bench work. My previous experience with hollow core doors using foam laminated to the door it seemed to amplify unwanted sound.The product from lowes is IMP Sheath coat. it's made of some kind of fiber with the surface is like a black oil impregnated oil.Yeh it has an smell for about a month.Now my question is, if I use this instead of foam would it be quiter?

The tie gangs have finished the main track on Phase II between Birdsboro and Coatesville.  All the main track is tied, plus the sidings and the majority of industry trackage.  There are still a few industry tracks to get planned out, but they aren't essential to start operations.  All the ties have been sanded and restained.

Monday, 4/6, the ballast gangs report for duty and with any luck, later this week rail gangs will start laying rail.

Looking for information using flexible MDF panels ripped into strips and used for splined sub-roadbed. There was a layout builder who used this technique and I am looking for more info if anyone out there knows more.

This is the only reference photo I managed to save from several years ago. I wish I took better notes and could give the original poster credit for both the technique and the image!

I'm adding a 18" X 80" extension to my shelf layout. I am looking for an easy deck material and have no use for a full sheet of plywood. I can get 2' X 4' plywood panels but also noted melamine shelving in 18" X 8' sizes at half the price of plywood. Has anyone tried this material? It would be on a traditional grid frame of 1 X 3 or if the melamine is a good option I could use wall brackets. Thoughts?

Lee