Rail joiner

A small metal clip that joins two rails mechanically and electrically.

Dutch

railverbinder

German

Schienenverbinder

Articles using this term

• Laying track: from plan to baseboard
• Rail joiners and joints: current and alignment
• Sectional track or flexible track: which should you choose?
• Train runs jerkily: dirty track or wheels
• Passing loop: how two trains pass each other
• Your layout will not close: a gap of a few millimetres
• Locomotive stalls on the frog
• Give your old box of track a second life
• Train derails at the turnout: causes and fixes
• The reversing loop: how it works and how to avoid a short circuit

See also

• Insulated rail joiner
• Rail gap
• Rail