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File:Rail joiner formed dls.JPG|Formed rail joiner
File:Rail joiner formed dls.JPG|Formed rail joiner
File:Railjoiners1x800.jpg|Rail joiners are often used in pairs.
File:Railjoiners1x800.jpg|Rail joiners are often used in pairs.
File:Scott Sumner completed insulator set.jpg|[[Track insulator|Track insulators]] laser-cut from acrylic.  Photo by Scott Sumner.
File:Scott Sumner insulator set installed on main at AVWRR.jpg|Laser cut acrylic insulators installed at the [[Annetta Valley & Western Railroad]].  Photo by Scott Sumner.
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Revision as of 16:25, 5 November 2020


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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.

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