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What is a railer, why do you use one, and HOW do you use one?

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What is a railer, why do you use one, and HOW do you use one?
Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 4, 2005 4:54 PM
I saw this thing advertised in the LIONEL catalog.

http://www.lionel.com/Products/Catalogs/Catalog.cfm?CatalogID=6&PageID=598

Scroll down about 1/2 or 2/3 of the way down the page, and you will see the railer, compatible with FasTrack and with O and O-27 tubular.

What is this thing and how does it work?

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Posted by csxt30 on Thursday, August 4, 2005 5:02 PM
Oh, that just gets placed on an existing piece of your track & you set a car on it & make it roll down on the track. I don't see much use for it , but maybe the children would like it when they're real small & maybe can't get a car on track correctly. They had those years ago for HO, also. Thanks, John
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Posted by rlplionel on Thursday, August 4, 2005 5:12 PM
I purchased a railer for my layout. The place where I usually add train cars to my inner O27 track loop is obscured by a log loader. It's easier for me to use the Railer to ensure the wheels get on track since I cannot physically see the track without doing some contortions.

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Posted by IRONROOSTER on Thursday, August 4, 2005 8:27 PM
In HO there are rerailers that are a section of track made to look like a grade crossing. In addition to getting the car on the track they are useful on hidden trackage because they will rerail a derailed car that is dragged over them. I'm surprised that Atlas hasn't made one yet for O scale since they make them for HO and N.
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Posted by lionelsoni on Thursday, August 4, 2005 9:56 PM
A two-rail train can withstand a much worse derailment than a three-rail one and still keep moving. The wheels are insulated; so there is no short circuit when a wheel touches the wrong rail. And that wrong rail is twice as far away, on the other side of the track rather than in the middle.

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Posted by dougdagrump on Thursday, August 4, 2005 10:02 PM
This is for us old f**ts whose hands and eyes ain't what they used to be?
Think of it as a funnel for trains. [(-D]

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Posted by lionelsoni on Thursday, August 4, 2005 10:15 PM
I keep seeing postings about how model railroading needs to be promoted to kids and extravagantly welcoming those who do show up on the forum. Then I see postings like the previous one and wonder what their parents would think if they saw it. (By the way, did you know that asterisks and euphemisms don't fool anyone?)

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Posted by ChiefEagles on Thursday, August 4, 2005 10:47 PM
Bob!!!!! Dougsnotagrump is a real promoter of O trains to kids.

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Posted by lionelsoni on Friday, August 5, 2005 9:16 AM
Then perhaps he would consider editing his posting and being more careful in the future.

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 6, 2005 7:13 AM
Grace. Kindness.

Let's keep the exchanges nice and kind.
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 6, 2005 11:11 AM
So-o-o-o, if you're trying to place some cars on the the track with your "feet" [:D], you'll definately need the railer tool. It works well for the little guys who's hands have a little trouble getting the flanges of the wheels positioned properly on the track.
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