Rail joiners, this might sound like a simple questions, but what rail joiners do you use on your track.

The reason I ask is that I am using code 70 and hand laying my track. I have some rail joiners in my box that are large and slide on the rail ends with no resistance, plus they are big and ugly. I have others that are almost flat and are just about impossible to get on without puncturing my finger.

Any suggestions on brand, size of a rail joiner with a low profile that will fit with some resistance, but will slide on and not look ugly and big?

I'm thinking about building a small N Scale pizza layout with Kato 117mm track. I just want to make a circle so it will fir on a 1x1' piece of wood. Any ideas about what locos would run. I'd love to find a small steam engine but the only loco I can find are the trams that Kato sells. I really don't want to model a city scene so I'm looking at other options

Thanks-Tim

I'm starting a new project, and at the same time attempting to give Joe a article to publish, so I won't post too many details here but here are a few teaser photos. So far everything seen in these photos has been from the scrap box. Okay, well I did spend 80 cents on the 'hubcap' at my local hardware store.

The planned southern terminus of my layout is Toledo, OH, a plausible place for me to be able to place a lake freighter. However, HO scale lake boats are not very easy to come by and tend to be expensive. Enter Scalescenes.com, a UK paper model site with digital downloads, much like Clever Model here in the US. Last year, they released a OO modern cargo ship which caught my eye, as it is somewhat close to a lake boat in appearance: long and narrow. Before I go making alterations, I figured I should do a “dry run,” building the ship to spec.