A one evening turntable bash

[jglfan]

Thanks for the comments everyone. Russ, when I read your post I wasn't sure what kind of connector you were referring to, but I did get the idea that I could solder a wire with a male/female connector to both sides of each rail joint and that that might be easier to deal with than the rail joiners. However, there was still the alignment question. Later that night, I thought that I could use the pcb material I use for my turnout throwbars, but wider, say 1/2", at each end of the bridge track, and drill a hole to accommodate a pin which could align the track. Then I saw Andrews post about the bolts, and while I remembered reading something about this, I could not remember any details. But, it lead me to the thought that I could use phosphor bronze wipers to contact the underside of the pcb material "tie" (my pcb material has cladding on both sides) and by connecting the top and bottom of the pcb material, I would route power. A neat idea that I may use in the future if I have problems. But for now, I've turned several locos and the only problem I had was I had neglected to glue the sliding rail of teh fles track on the bridge to the ties, so when I tried to slide the joiner on, the rail moved! An easy fix and it seems like I can not worry about it for now. A couple pics:
   
   

Utilizing my Lionel turbine to push trains into the staging tracks. I attached to the rear of the passenger train in staging, and pulled it backwards most of the length of the railroad to use the Garfield Industrial track as a wye. Can't do that with some of the steam, too tight a radius there. Here, I am pushing back into the staging area thru the last scenicked area prior to staging. Actually, setting up for the next session is fun in itself!