O scale transition rails

Glad to hear that you are bringing back the waterfront layout. I really like that one. 

As far as changing and transitioning rail size the most important thing is the rail height and the inside of the gauge. If you shim up the smaller size rail to make the top of the rail perfectly flat you should be fine. You could solder it if you wanted.

Right-O-Way has compromise joint bars, but not in the transition combination you are specifying.  They have 125 to 148, and 100 to 125.  I'm not sure if you could make either of these work for your application.

hi Silverlake! long time.

thank you for your positive response and possible functional remedy. Shim, and solder, ok.  I will make a test model of that and run a switcher, and film it.

I will call it the Silverlake connection! 

I will also attempt a code 100 to code 148 rail joiner experiment...

have a good safe day silverlake.

I am out cleaning up forest and lawn debris today. I can't believe how much this past flash ice storm we had on Easter week (thursday) tore up our environment!

only 8 or so more barrel loads to go!

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as per Right of Way conversion rail joiners, thank you BIGTRAIN I am not sure I could adapt these. I know it's kind of a big stretch 100 to 148.

I never do anything straight foward easy! lol.

A method and old timer in HO taught me (I think I am one now!) was to make a brass shim the width of the rail base or a bit smaller and the thickness needed.    In the case it would be a strip .048.    Solder it on the 100 rail and then slide it into the rail joincer on the 148 rail.   

me: as a verified old timer, finds this newly shared information potentially valuable (that I too may pass down). thank you prrjim.

I do have some left over brass pieces somewhere!

@Leroof posted:

 

I am out cleaning up forest and lawn debris today. I can't believe how much this past flash ice storm we had on Easter week (thursday) tore up our environment!

Nature rules  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxchFl39rUE

preliminary simple grade application, non solder results...

I am pretty it will be very hard to find .048 thick brass strip, but you might find .050 and just file down a little.

 that was easy enough..

next time  the short acid test with a loco.

first need to fasten track and perhaps solder rail. we will see about on going experiments!

acid test (lol) complete.

it took much longer to find my O scale track, transformer and engine(s) than do this little test! my 2 rail O scale stuff has been in storage for 15 years! I was saving it for  one of my retirement projects. So,  with the current state of life's interruptions I am getting a bit of a preview into such matters. I am currently playing with lionel postwar trains plus remembering what my 2 rail O scale has to offer. It will be nice to start openning boxes, laying track, and re designing the waterfront switching layout. 

transition of code 100 to 148 alignment experiment: mission complete.

thx for suggestions.

As needed,  I may add some guard rails inside the transition connection for the purpose of security. In reviewing my plan, there will be an approach table section (from the land switching layout across to the water) where the float bridge will be situated.  code 148 rail will occupy this space, the bridge and the railfloat.

more on that in the future as it develops.