05-04-2010, 12:31 AM
I was just reading Garys thread and noticed how he kept complaining about how dark his ballast was. 
(I'm just poking fun at'cha Gary!) I've always modeled black 'cause that's what I remember in Flagstaff as a kid. So as I'm panning around looking at aerial images of the Flagstaff area, the first thing I notice is that... the ballast is no longer black.
The next thing I notice is some really dark discoloration of the ballast in specific places. Some of them within 1/4 mile of each other. It seems, though, that there is always a little white box right next to the tracks where the discoloration can be found.
What's the deal? Anybody got a clue?
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![[Image: image.php?mode=medium&album_id=98&image_id=2493]](http://www.the-gauge.net/forum/gallery/image.php?mode=medium&album_id=98&image_id=2493)
![[Image: image.php?mode=medium&album_id=98&image_id=2491]](http://www.the-gauge.net/forum/gallery/image.php?mode=medium&album_id=98&image_id=2491)
![[Image: image.php?mode=medium&album_id=98&image_id=2490]](http://www.the-gauge.net/forum/gallery/image.php?mode=medium&album_id=98&image_id=2490)
(I'm just poking fun at'cha Gary!) I've always modeled black 'cause that's what I remember in Flagstaff as a kid. So as I'm panning around looking at aerial images of the Flagstaff area, the first thing I notice is that... the ballast is no longer black. The next thing I notice is some really dark discoloration of the ballast in specific places. Some of them within 1/4 mile of each other. It seems, though, that there is always a little white box right next to the tracks where the discoloration can be found.
What's the deal? Anybody got a clue?