I need to replace some rail joiners. Which type do I use, the track is hornby r600/601 and the points are peco st240/241.  I bought these peco sl-10 ones and they fit but on the pack it says code 100. Are they the correct ones ?  

Gray said

I need to replace some rail joiners. Which type do I use, the track is hornby r600/601 and the points are peco st240/241.  I bought these peco sl-10 ones and they fit but on the pack it says code 100. Are they the correct ones ?  

From “OO rail joiners ”, 10th June 2025, 10:37 pm

Hornby and Peco Setrack are both code 100, so these look like the correct rail joiners.

Bob

Bob K said

Gray said

I need to replace some rail joiners. Which type do I use, the track is hornby r600/601 and the points are peco st240/241.  I bought these peco sl-10 ones and they fit but on the pack it says code 100. Are they the correct ones ?  

From “OO rail joiners ”, 10th June 2025, 10:37 pm

Hornby and Peco Setrack are both code 100, so these look like the correct rail joiners.

Bob

From “Post #292,230”, 11th June 2025, 7:57 am

Hi thanks Bob. 

I’ve put the new rail joiners on now they are spot on, I need another pack though. Only had enough to do half the track. 

Hi Gray.

Rail joiners are no longer cheap.

I used to search eBay to find who had them cheapest and buy a couple of packets so I always had some in stock.

Might be worth a look.

 

Ed said

Hi Gray.

Rail joiners are no longer cheap.

I used to search eBay to find who had them cheapest and buy a couple of packets so I always had some in stock.

Might be worth a look.

 

From “Post #292,233”, 12th June 2025, 8:21 am

Hi Ed. I got them from eBay £5.14 for 24. Cheapest I could find. 

https://amzn.eu/d/9UUvC2n

If you have Amazon prime you can get these for under £4 with the free delivery ( that's IF this link works)

Hi thanks for the info. I ordered another pack of 24 from eBay and fitted them on today. All up and running now. 

Oooh - very nice looking shed Graham  

Is it insulated and if not, are you going to ?

 

Petermac said

Oooh - very nice looking shed Graham  

Is it insulated and if not, are you going to ?

 

From “Post #292,242”, 15th June 2025, 8:36 pm

Not sure yet I’ll see how it goes. I’m hoping it will be ok. I have a wooden shed on the allotment and everything in it is bone dry and no dampness. It’s been up 5 years and there’s books and clothing in and no dampness or condensation. Wood seems to be a good insulator, whereas metal and plastic sheds get full of condensation.I’ve got a mini heater as backup though. 

Got some memorabilia from eBay. Railway timetables etc from 1962 and 1979. Only about £3.50 each

And a couple of old local train train tickets. Just waiting for the other one. 

Rail joiners are a pain.  Far more expensive than their size might suggest and you never ever have enough for the job in hand.  How many time shave I been half a dozen short of completing a day's track-laying???  

SL-10 will fit any Code 100 track just as the smaller sizes will fit any similarly-sized (or code of) track.  I currently use SL-310 joiners which are for both Code 55 and Code 80 track, so little is the difference in size.  In other words they work perfectly when I join my 00-9 track to my N-gauge track.  The only difference is the slight step in the sleeper-base thickness which can be rubbed down with a file if needs be and the tiny step up in rail heights - 25-thou of an inch - but still noticeable if you run a finger over it and, with the size of the wheels at those scales, also giving a very slight bump to the rolling stock.  

Hi. Thanks for the info, the sl-10 joiners were just the job.all up and running now. 

New girder

Looks good 

Thanks Ed. 

This is a British telecom diorama I made 10 yrs ago, thought I’d use it on the layout. Along with a couple of hornby pylons I found in my other shed, also made them about 10 yrs ago. Now put to good use. 

Edited. Duplicate post. 

Chimney time. 
Ordered a chimney card kit, you can use a cardboard tube or anything so I’ve used 22 mm plastic tubing and a saddle clip to hold it in place and added an led on top.just waiting for the kit to arrive now.