Ok I am building a garden railroad (1st time). I have dug a 2-3 inch trench and filled it with ballast. I have the track on the ballast and it is about 2 inches above the ground.
My problem is the ballast has an attitude and some of that ballast falls to the ground. What can I use to keep the ballast from moving, or how do you keep your ballast in place?
Buy a bag of Dry Mortar mix and mix your ballast on a 6-1 ratio. Put the ballast down,bed your track in a little and then give it all a light sprinkle of water. You can add a little grey cement colouring to the dry mix as the mortar tends to make the ballast a bit of a light colour.1 tablespoon per bucket should do the trick. I used this method on my Garden Railway and its lasted for years.
Cheers
Dave
New Zealand