Most rerailers have a plank pattern cast into them. I would distress them by scuffing them up with coarse sandpaper or the edge of a razor saw. Then I would paint them a creosote color, let it dry then drybrush shades of dark gray and brown, finishing them up with a lighter shade of gray. When I installed them, I ran the road material of choice (in my case, it was and still is the backside of asphalt roofing shingles) right up to it. I then had a grade crossing that resembled the timber ones that are prevalent around the area I grew up in. I no longer use them myself, prefering to build up my grade crossings using timber material cut from Ohio Blue Tip matches. My rerailer is the portable ramp type made by RIX Products, the old peepers just ain't what they used to be. :thumb: