Hello, I would like to know if you can connect Mirco Engineering Tract Code 83 with Walters Double Crossover #6 code 83, and which joiners you would use… thanks
I assume you miss-spelled track. Code 83 track from one brand connects to Code 83 from another. Any code 83 joiners will work. The problem would come in when you are trying to connect different code tracks together. Its not a big problem, so for example if you want to connect code 83 to code 100, there is a transition joiner that you can buy. Or you can take a Code 100 joiner and just crimp it and then solder. The two different codes of track would be at different levels because the rail is different sizes. So all you need to do is shim the track at the transition so the two different height profiles of the codes match up
I agree with almost all of UPinCT’s comments. However, I have found some brands of rail joiners that don’t like some brand of track. I have settled on Atlas nickle silver rail joiners made for either code 100 or 83. They may not be the best fitting for all brands of track/turnouts but since I solder all of my rail joints they hold things together long enough for me to complete the soldering.
The height of Walthers code 83 track matches the height of Micro Engineering code 83 track. However, the profile and base of the Micro Engineering track is much finer than that of the Walthers track. The Micro Engineering code 83 rail joiners are a close tolerance fit to their track. As such, you will find it very difficult to use the Micro Engineering joiners to attach to Walthers track. I suggest you use either the Walthers joiners for this interface or as someone else has mentioned, use Atlas code 83 joiners. The Atlas code 83 joiners are a good compromise between the two.
Good luck,
Tom