About us
About RailGut
RailGut began with a wagon that had nothing to carry.
We had a low-loader wagon without a transformer or crate on it. So we made an adapter for that wagon. That adapter became our first Base.
Then the real idea came: if the Base is made for the wagon, the Load can be the same for every wagon. That is how the interchangeable Loads were born. One Load. Any RailGut Base.
How it started
How it started
The wagon
A low-loader wagon with nothing on it – no transformer, no crate.
The adapter
We made an adapter for that wagon. It became our first Base.
The idea
A Base specific to the wagon, and a Load that fits every Base: interchangeable Loads.
The name
Rail + Gut
RailGut is pronounced the German way: Rail and Gut, with Gut as in “goot”.
The name carries two meanings: Gut as in Güterwagen, the German word for a freight wagon, and Gut as in “good”. A good cargo system for freight wagons.
The inventor
Erik Spierenburg
RailGut was invented by Erik Spierenburg. He has been a model builder since his youth, and a model railroader as well. RailGut grew out of that hobby.
We make new Loads and Bases every week. Get in touch