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Our club has been operating an HO scale modular layout for 20 years now. We've kept with what we started with to join track on the modules - pieces of 9" snap track. Many members use 9" rerailing pieces as extra insurance. I've permanently soldered the rail joiners on the ends of my tracks, and have sliding joiners on the snap track pieces. They slide back under the ties and are then slid onto the adjoining track. <br /> <br />Some groups run the tracks right up to the edges, just relying on rail joiners to bridge the gap. Since many of our modules aren't made as precise as others, this probably would create too large a gap between modules. <br /> <br />Between my two modules, I have short joiner pieces, about 3" long to join the mainlines and inside lines. This allows for better ballasting and better looking tracks. I actually ran the sections of flex track through the joint between the modules when I was building them. I just cun out the joiner pieces with a cutoff wheel on my motor tool. This way I did not have to fit a piece into the gap. <br /> <br />Bob Boudreau
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