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Offline michelvr  
#1 Posted : 29 November 2018 18:44:36(UTC)
michelvr

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Is there such a thing as a Märklin C track rerailer track?

What do you do if you can't reach a derailed train?
Offline Minok  
#2 Posted : 29 November 2018 20:11:42(UTC)
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There is a railing assist device that is used to guide a loco/car individually (one at a time) onto the track that works with C and K just fine.
https://www.maerklin.de/...cts/details/article/7224

If you cannot reach it, you have to find a way to pull it out I suppose - layout design should include the ability to get to any section and recover rolling stock, maybe with a gripper arm:
https://www.amazon.com/V...&keywords=pickup+arm
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Offline kiwiAlan  
#3 Posted : 29 November 2018 20:37:02(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Minok Go to Quoted Post
There is a railing assist device that is used to guide a loco/car individually (one at a time) onto the track that works with C and K just fine.
https://www.maerklin.de/...cts/details/article/7224

If you cannot reach it, you have to find a way to pull it out I suppose - layout design should include the ability to get to any section and recover rolling stock, maybe with a gripper arm:
https://www.amazon.com/V...&keywords=pickup+arm


oooh, thats expensive, my local Pound Shop has those for a pound (< US$2).

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Offline mbarreto  
#4 Posted : 29 November 2018 22:15:26(UTC)
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Doesn't that griper arm damage the rolling stock?
Probably not as I already saw it in a youtube video being used for model trains, but it is hard to believe...

Miguel
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Miguel
Mostly Märklin H0.


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Offline michelvr  
#5 Posted : 29 November 2018 23:07:59(UTC)
michelvr

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So far I’m getting the picture, Märklin doesn’t have a rerailer?

Okay what I’ll do is see if I can retrofit the Atlas rerailer into the Märklin C track!?

Michel

Offline Minok  
#6 Posted : 30 November 2018 01:07:13(UTC)
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Well, I suppose we don't know what you mean by "rerailer"- if its to put the cars/locos on the track, the 7224 is it, it gets set on top of the track wherever you need to re-rail something.

What is it that you are describing as 'rerailer' ?
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Offline Minok  
#7 Posted : 30 November 2018 01:08:35(UTC)
Minok

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Originally Posted by: kiwiAlan Go to Quoted Post
Originally Posted by: Minok Go to Quoted Post
There is a railing assist device that is used to guide a loco/car individually (one at a time) onto the track that works with C and K just fine.
https://www.maerklin.de/...cts/details/article/7224

If you cannot reach it, you have to find a way to pull it out I suppose - layout design should include the ability to get to any section and recover rolling stock, maybe with a gripper arm:
https://www.amazon.com/V...&keywords=pickup+arm


oooh, thats expensive, my local Pound Shop has those for a pound (< US$2).



If that is the case, I 'm assuming the pound version is all plastic and not too long; you get what you pay for to some extent here.
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Offline michelvr  
#8 Posted : 30 November 2018 02:15:45(UTC)
michelvr

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Originally Posted by: Minok Go to Quoted Post
Well, I suppose we don't know what you mean by "rerailer"- if its to put the cars/locos on the track, the 7224 is it, it gets set on top of the track wherever you need to re-rail something.

What is it that you are describing as 'rerailer' ?


Hi Minok,

A rerailer is a device built into the tracks that derailed cars are pulled over while still attached to the train and the <= >point of the device puts the wheels back onto the tracks (rerailer). If you look at the picture you will see the device in the middle of the track <=>. Most times the track looks like a railroad crossing.

Offline Minok  
#9 Posted : 30 November 2018 04:11:09(UTC)
Minok

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Gotcha. The Märklin 7224 is a “railer” and not a “rerailer” I guess.

I guess I don’t see the point of having one built into the track as it would only seem to be useful where derailments regularly occur and if that is the case why not just fix the trackage to prevent the derails.
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Offline H0  
#10 Posted : 30 November 2018 08:35:16(UTC)
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The Märklin rerailer 72240 is for battery-powered trains only.

Märklin call the 7224 a "rerailer ramp", but it's not a thing that can be integrated into existing layouts.

Derailed three-rail trains are more likely to cause a short circuit that derailed two-rail trains.


I my days of M track usage, sometimes switches served as rerailers. They only work in one direction and for one side only, but sometimes it occurred that axles derailed on a bad connection, but got rerailed on a following switch.
Not many derailments on C track, so I probably wouldn't buy many rerailer tracks.
But they surely would be useful at the exit of the fiddle yard - to bring all axles of three-axle cars, tragschnabelwägen, and US steamers onto the rails ...
Regards
Tom
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