Modeling "rock fences"

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"Most of the rails are connected to a base rail that is buried in the ground.  There are rail joints just above ground level with shear bolts in them that will allow the bolts to break off without pulling the base out of the ground in the event of a rock slide.  This makes for a quick repair to the fence"

Ben,
    I had never paid much attention to the bases of slide fences until you brought this up. In the past couple of days I've actually been able to make some daylight runs and paid close attention to the bases. 
    Up my way, probably 99.8% of the slide fence rails DO NOT have the rail joints at their bases or anywhere on the length of the rails. Most of the rails that do have joints, have them mid-way up or better where it looks like they just did it to piece the lengths together for greater heigth or to repair broken rails. Very few rail had a joint near the base.
    So my advice for the modeler is...don't worry about those joints. ( pun intended...I think )
Jimmy Lisle
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