rail painting

Sprayed main tracks with cammo green to get that grayish look.  Sprayed yard tracks and spurs with cammo brown.  Both by Rust Oleum.  Wiped the top of the rail after spraying, then again after it dried, with an abrasive track cleaning pad.

I use "Neo-Lube", available from Micro-Mark, in my rails. I brush it on before laying the track, it dries to a flat dark gray. I also like to paint some of the ties so some are black, some brown and some gray.

Rustoleum flat black.

I cover the subway tunnel tracks with wood strips. No wooden ties required.

Painted rails weathered tie strips. I remove the rails and paint them and the ties separately.

@Ron H posted:

Painted rails weathered tie strips. I remove the rails and paint them and the ties separately.

Thats the ideal way. the next logical is to paint your track and ties before its mounted on the layout

@Dave Koehler posted:

Thats the ideal way. the next logical is to paint your track and ties before its mounted on the layout

I've also done that on some sections.

@Ron H posted:

I've also done that on some sections.

That size of the ballast in this photo looks perfect Ron.