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This may not exactly go with your question but we have used foam on our modular layout and have been having to go back and replace it with cork because it has been smashed down and at module connections some very serious bumps. 

If your looking for something different I like flexxbed may not be what you want but just as another option 

https://hobbyinnovations.com

Trackbed selection:  IMO, Homabed is the best, vinyl flexbed is fine, cork is on my own layout.  However foam.........my only comment is that I sold a carton of it on the OGR sell/trade board for twenty five cents but guilt got the best of me so I just let him have it for free when he came to pick it up.

Regarding Homabed: it was originally made by a disabled gentleman named Bill Oehler in Kingston, NY; when it became too much for Bill his son took over for a short period; the name and drawings were then sold to a west coast company called California Roadbed; after a few years they were sold again to another west coast company called Cascade Rail Supply which is no longer in business. It is my opinion that shipping costs from the west coast to the east (where most model railroaders are clustered) made the product expensive compared to its competitors. Presently I am helping a friend build his HO model railroad and he is making his own Homasote roadbed in his workshop. We buy 4' x 8' sheets of Homasote from local independent (not big box) lumber yards.

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