Originally Posted by
UberGeek
Someone had mentioned they used carpet to cover tracks during group rides here.
I've never seen railroad tracks get covered, but when I did Ride the Rockies (many years ago) they would lay carpet over the cattle guards on the downhills. Cattle guards, for those who haven't had the pleasure, are essentially about 10 steel bars laid across a ditch in the road. It's essentially like hitting a dozen railroad tracks in quick succession.
Unlike many railroad track crossings, cattle guards are invariably perpendicular to the road, so you don't have to take them at some strange angle.