Rich, In M/E around 1974 ther was an article on the construction of a raised track for Sale Model Engineering Society, It detailed the post construction made from concrete molded in wooden boxes and the framework attached to this to support the track which is allowed to float to allow for expantion/contraction, and believe me in the summer I've seen the joints close up by over 5/8" even though there are many expantion joints evenly spaced around the whole circuit of the track. Tim 2 _________________________________________________________________ It's fast, it's easy and it's free. Get MSN Messenger today! http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.