When prototype track was made in 60' lengths the rails were joined by metal bars called fishplates. Sleepers at the end of the rails sat beneath the fishplates and consequently were closer together than the rest of the 60' track. That is what I observed for flat bottom rail on the stretch of line I am modelling. Elsewhere the sleepers sometimes sit either end of the fishplates.
The two sleepers close together are 3D printed as a joined pair with integral fishplates on both sides of the rails.
It gives an impression of the bar, is not perfect and bolt heads are a step too far with this technology at this scale (00).
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