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I've just laid down my 1st loop of track on my layout using Atlas track.  I soldered to the bottom of the track joiners.  I took fine sandpaper and removed the black from the center rails and just scuffed the outer rail joiner.  I tinned the wires and the joiner, and then soldered them together after I bent the wire at a 90 degree.  Now the wire goes straight down from the joiner.  When I lay the track, I figure out where the wire is going to go and drill a hole just barely big enough for the wire.  I feed the wire down and then join the track.  It is a bit hard as you don't get much play with the hole so small, but there is no evidence of wires at all when I am done.  This should allow you to add new wire holes without much work.  Here is a photo two of the rail joiners have wire soldered to them.

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