06-12-2009, 09:37 AM
BR60103 Wrote:Russ: the picture I saw was a structure like a rerailer. It's the first item in this article so it may be considered guard rails.
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It is not angle iron, that is rail stock laid on it's side. I think I've also seen them constructed from a smaller rail laid inside the rail on the mainline. The NMRA gauge has a pin on one edge that is designed to set the spacing between the rails and the guard rails. In my opinion, scale guard rails look a lot better than a "fake" railroad crossing. For railing cars on your layout, Rix makes a neat, inexpensive tool. It is wedge shaped and acts like a sort of funnel (actually if you look at the top of the tool, it is 2 funnels, one for each rail. You lay it on the tracks and set a car on it and allow it to roll down. When the car gets to the tracks, the wheels line up perfectly. Keep one of these Rix tools on your work bench, and just carry it to where ever you want to put a train on the tracks. Most of the guys in the modular club carry one in their tool box that they take to shows.