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Charles This method is highly successful and nearly foolproof. I have used it for many years with very few problems. The track and joiners must be clean. I am building a new layout using some track and turnouts I had on my old layout which was inactive for twenty-five years. With shiny clean brass, I get excellent soldered joints. I use a hot iron-clad soldering pencil (40W) and 1/16" 40/60 solder. I use a very small amount of flux applied with a miniature screwdriver. The iron is applied to the outside of the rail. It takes only a second or two to complete the operation and the plastic ties are not melted. It works for me. Good luck polyjim
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