Hot Water posted:On our upstairs layout (ALL Atlas solid nickel silver track), I soldered EVERY SINGLE rail joiner/joint on the whole layout! I then cut gaps where required with a fine tooth razor saw, as a Dremel makes way too large of a gap. All the VinylBed was first glued in place with TightBond Professional glue, then the Atlas track was glued & screwed down on the VinlyBed. A day or so later, after the TightBond glue was fully set, I removed ALL the screws. I have never experienced ANY "expansion/contraction issues, ever since the layout has been finished (maybe 5 years now?).
The Atlas solid nickel silver rail is not all that easy to solder together, as each end of the rails MUST be properly cleaned, especially the blacked center rail (obviously the blackening MUST be removed). I use an older Dremel with a small pointed rotary file bit, to clean/roughen the rails prior to tinning them, and soldering them together, inside the rail joiners.
Ok, that is encouraging! Do you have any pictures on hand?
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