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Track Joint Bars

Posted Jan 18, 2019
Updated Mar 04, 2019

One thing that always stands out to me in photos of model railroads is rail joiners. When they’re visible, they take away from realism. That lead me to wonder if anyone ever models the joint bars you see on the prototype. Today I found my answer in this relatively inexpensive product: http://www.pdc.ca/rr/catalog/product/ho-code-83-joint-bars/7
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