I know the subject of building quiet track has been knocked around a lot over the years but I've never seen any discussion of the feasibility of using ground foam rubber (if you could find the right colors) as ballast.  Would this work with a matte medium adhesive to build track with a less rigid (and hopefully quieter) ballast shell?  Would some other form of rubber (or any other soft material you can think of) be a better substitute (not sure if the cell structure of foam would be too difficult to glue down even using "wet" adhesive)?  Just trying to think of

Has anyone purchased decals from Herald King Decals lately?

Are they still in business?

I sent an email to them at heraldkingdecals@q.com which is what they list on their website. The email came back as undeliverable.

I can't try calling during their business hours.

Any help appreciated.

Greetings!

I take the West Coast Express commuter train from my home in the 'burbs to downtown Vancouver on a daily basis.  It offers a chance to catch up on reading, work, sleep but most importantly gives me an opportunity to railfan.  Today we arrived at the downtown station with a bunch of grain cars parked on the adjacent yard track.  One car in particular caught my eye, CN 385722, a PS4750 grain hopper built in November 1978.  It has what looks like 3 sets of reporting marks: The current CNA (Canadian National), prior SR* (unknown); and an earlier KC* (maybe