Do these ties look prototypical

[cncproadwarrior]

I've been looking at pics of railroad ties to try and get a sense of the colour. But tie colour varies so much that I have become "tie blind".

I have come up with the scheme in the attached pics and was wondering what the consensus is. Most ties have a weathered look with the occasional newer brown tie thrown in for good measure.

Comments?

 

[BIG-D]

they look good but have a ...yellowish tint to them

 

[quadk]

I also think they look good but could use maybe a little more of a greyer tint to them

 

[Steamfreak]

I agree...Little darker grayish/creosote tint....And paint the nailheads to match....

 

[cncproadwarrior]

They actually are grey. I flunked "Camera 101".

 

[quadk]

Ahhh.....10-4

 

[hamltnblue]

make a small diarama with a single section of track and set it like your layout. Place a section of track as you showed and ballast it to see how it looks. that way you can make any adjustments or correct mistakes before you ballastwhat you have.

 

[Steamfreak]

I was going to ask you about the camara...It seems to have an overall greenish hue. It wouldn't be an HP camara by any chance..? I had one and it did just that. Thankfully I lost it somewhere....

 

[cncproadwarrior]

I was going to ask you about the camara. It wouldn't be an HP camara by any chance..?

Nope. Canon. Cheap Canon.

 

[UP2CSX]

I suspect the ties look just fine in person, discounting the yellowish tinge from the camera. One thing I would is pull the track nails if the track is well secured to the roadbed.

 

[okiecrip621]

ties

i am a rxr track inspector a lumber mill in south carloina did make some preesure treated ties for the waccmaw coast line shortline rxr that where green but the do not last very long.