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I also solder the rail joiners in much the same way as above. Solder them on the outside of the rail with lots of flux. I like the paste kind though. Solder before balasting as the glue gums up the works and makes it much harder to get a good joint. If you solder you will never get dead tracks as the joiners WILL work loose over time from train stress and warming/cooling cycles. This was even a problem on the real rails with bolted joints and was one reason the protos went to welded rail. One last note, and an import. one, use rosin core small diameter electronics solder... not pipe solder.
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