Transition Rail Joiners

[nachoman]

I can't remember if I have ever done 70 to 83, but I have done 70 to 55. I bought the plastic rail joiners to go between shinohara code 70 and ME code 55, and they didn't work. The profile of the Shinohara rail was too wide and would not fit in the ME transition rail joiner. I wound up crimping one half of a metal code 70 rail joiner flat, and soldering the code 55 rail on top. If you want to use the plastic transition joiners, you better make sure they will slide on the walthers turnout rails.