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* [http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=83810 "Rail Joiner Maker", <i>Chaski.org</i>] | * [http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=83810 "Rail Joiner Maker", <i>Chaski.org</i>] | ||
* [http://trainmtn.org/tmrr/Resources/policies_procedures/TM_Encyclopedia_v.4-13.pdf Train Mountain Encyclopedia, v 4-13 (PDF)] | * [http://trainmtn.org/tmrr/Resources/policies_procedures/TM_Encyclopedia_v.4-13.pdf Train Mountain Encyclopedia, v 4-13 (PDF)] | ||
* [https://www.livesteamstation.com/product-page/accucraftrideon-rail-joiner-set-1-rail | * [https://www.livesteamstation.com/product-page/accucraftrideon-rail-joiner-set-1-rail West Coast Rail Joiner, <i>LiveSteamStation.info</i>] | ||
* [http://www.bigbootsrr.com/rail,_track__switch_tracks.html <i>Big Boots RR</i>] | * [http://www.bigbootsrr.com/rail,_track__switch_tracks.html Spall/Slip Rail Joiners <i>Big Boots RR</i>] | ||
Revision as of 16:24, 5 November 2020
Side screw
Aluminum rail joiners
Drawings for rail joiners used on Mill Creek Central Railroad.
Formed rail joiner
Rail joiners are often used in pairs.
Track insulators laser-cut from acrylic. Photo by Scott Sumner.
Laser cut acrylic insulators installed at the Annetta Valley & Western Railroad. Photo by Scott Sumner.
Spall
From Train Mountain Encyclopedia, v 4-13 (PDF):
- Ed Spall, a member first of the Los Angeles Live Steamers, and subsequently of the Sacramento Valley Live Steamers, developed an alternative method for joining track in the early 1990's.The Spall Rail Joiner is essentially a scaled up HO track joiner that is four inches long and slips around the foot and up the web of the rail. Train Mountain has done the tool and die work to produce these joiners in quantity. They have been in use since 1992 as a part of the Train Mountain Track System and on tracks all over the country, with excellent results.
