Anyone else having problems getting cork roadbed?

It appears that there is some kind of conspiracy afoot to keep us model railroaders "jonesing" for cork roadbed. Even Midwest lists it on their website as being "Out of Stock Until Further Notice"!

I don't know who is behind this, but it has to be someone pretty high up in the food chain! Possibly the CFR or the Bildebergers, or maybe even the Bohemian Grove group. They may be working with the extra-terrestrials who are based in Area 51!

The Truth is out there!

George

Hope that question makes sense. I'm changing from N scale to HO and am trying to get a handle on the benchwork for my new layout. I plan on using L girder construction with plywood sub roadbed. What I'm trying to figure out is how high my zero level trackage  needs to be above my benchwork joist. My layout will definitely be set in a rugged mountainous area and I like bridges and trestles so I want to leave enough room under the trackage for some pretty impressive canyons and valleys.

As I am reading a lot of post, I began to wonder what influenced a modeler to choose the railroad prototype that they model. I live on the West coast, my interest seem to focus on Western railroads. When I lived in Colorado, I became interested in the history of the narrow gauge railroads that ran during the late 1800s up through the 1950s and 60s, so my modeling focuses on Colorado narrow gauge. However I have noticed that a majority of the prototype railroads mentioned on the MRH forum are upper Midwest and East coast railroads.

Mr.