Long re-railer

[MK]

Anyone here made or even 3D printed a long re-railer that would work well with passenger cars or long locos like a Big Boy (gulp)?  I have some ideas but figure why re-invent the wheel if there's a working model out in the wild.

[crrcoal]

I use the kato rerailer. No issues with my passenger cars.

[learmoia]

What if you took 2 re-railers from the same brand, cut/sanded down the wheel blocks on the high end, and glued them together end to end?

[Missaberoad]

What if you took 2 re-railers from the same brand, cut/sanded down the wheel blocks on the high end, and glued them together end to end?

I knew someone in my N trak days who did this with 2 Microtrains railer ramps. Pretty sure he just glued them back to back and it worked okay.

Also the Rix and Minitrix ramps are bigger then kato. There was a couple companies that made really big etched metal ones as well.

[ridinshotgun]

Anyone here made or even 3D printed a long re-railer that would work well with passenger cars or long locos like a Big Boy (gulp)?  I have some ideas but figure why re-invent the wheel if there's a working model out in the wild.

Someone was printing them already.  Not sure what facebook group he was posting to but I think it might have been one of the n scale for sale facebook pages or possibly someone in the Freemo-N facebook group.

[learmoia]

There was a couple companies that made really big etched metal ones as well.

That sounds like a phantom short waiting to happen...

Bachmann makes one that is 7.25" long

And they make a powered one that is 9" long

Not sure how that compares to the regular ones.

[Missaberoad]

That sounds like a phantom short waiting to happen...

Bachmann makes one that is 7.25" long

And they make a powered one that is 9" long

Not sure how that compares to the regular ones.

The proto87 stores one appears to be in two isolated pieces fwiw.

https://www.proto87.com/product1959.html

Although reading the description it is a different more complicated system.

[MK]

Someone was printing them already.  Not sure what facebook group he was posting to but I think it might have been one of the n scale for sale facebook pages or possibly someone in the Freemo-N facebook group.

Ugh!  I'll see if I can find it/him.  I hate FB!     I checked Thingyverse and no luck.

[chessie system fan]

This seems like something very simple to design.  How long is a Big Boy?

[ridinshotgun]

I just breezed through the groups I thought it might have been posted in but can't find it.  I know someone was doing them though and listed them for under $20 I believe.

Maybe post a want ad and see if someone replies if you are on any of the sale groups.