diff --git a/Converters/Revit/Speckle.Converters.RevitShared/RevitRootToSpeckleConverter.cs b/Converters/Revit/Speckle.Converters.RevitShared/RevitRootToSpeckleConverter.cs
index cc112060f..4d74554b2 100644
--- a/Converters/Revit/Speckle.Converters.RevitShared/RevitRootToSpeckleConverter.cs
+++ b/Converters/Revit/Speckle.Converters.RevitShared/RevitRootToSpeckleConverter.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 using Speckle.Converters.Common;
 using Speckle.Converters.Common.Objects;
 using Speckle.Converters.Common.Registration;
+using Speckle.Converters.RevitShared.Extensions;
 using Speckle.Converters.RevitShared.Settings;
 using Speckle.Converters.RevitShared.ToSpeckle;
 using Speckle.Sdk;
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ public Base Convert(object target)
     if (target is not DB.DirectShape)
     {
       result["category"] = element.Category?.Name;
+      result["builtinCategory"] = element.Category?.GetBuiltInCategory().ToString();
     }
 
     try
diff --git a/Converters/Revit/Speckle.Converters.RevitShared/Speckle.Converters.RevitShared.projitems b/Converters/Revit/Speckle.Converters.RevitShared/Speckle.Converters.RevitShared.projitems
index a217201e3..56045cddb 100644
--- a/Converters/Revit/Speckle.Converters.RevitShared/Speckle.Converters.RevitShared.projitems
+++ b/Converters/Revit/Speckle.Converters.RevitShared/Speckle.Converters.RevitShared.projitems
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
     <Compile Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)ToSpeckle\TopLevel\FootPrintRoofToSpeckleTopLevelConverter.cs" />
     <Compile Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)ToSpeckle\TopLevel\HostedElementConversionToSpeckle.cs" />
     <Compile Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)ToSpeckle\TopLevel\ModelCurveToSpeckleTopLevelConverter.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)ToSpeckle\TopLevel\RailingTopLevelConverterToSpeckle.cs" />
     <Compile Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)ToSpeckle\TopLevel\RoofBaseToSpeckleTopLevelTopLevelConverter.cs" />
     <Compile Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)ToSpeckle\TopLevel\RoomTopLevelConverterToSpeckle.cs" />
     <Compile Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)ToSpeckle\TopLevel\TopographyTopLevelConverterToSpeckle.cs" />
diff --git a/Converters/Revit/Speckle.Converters.RevitShared/ToHost/Raw/LocalToGlobalToDirectShapeConverter.cs b/Converters/Revit/Speckle.Converters.RevitShared/ToHost/Raw/LocalToGlobalToDirectShapeConverter.cs
index c33972225..840e9e999 100644
--- a/Converters/Revit/Speckle.Converters.RevitShared/ToHost/Raw/LocalToGlobalToDirectShapeConverter.cs
+++ b/Converters/Revit/Speckle.Converters.RevitShared/ToHost/Raw/LocalToGlobalToDirectShapeConverter.cs
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ public LocalToGlobalToDirectShapeConverter(
   public DB.DirectShape Convert((Base atomicObject, List<Matrix4x4> matrix) target)
   {
     // 1- set ds category
-    var category = target.atomicObject["category"] as string;
+    var category = target.atomicObject["builtinCategory"] as string;
     var dsCategory = DB.BuiltInCategory.OST_GenericModel;
     if (category is not null)
     {
-      var res = Enum.TryParse($"OST_{category}", out DB.BuiltInCategory cat);
+      var res = Enum.TryParse(category, out DB.BuiltInCategory cat);
       if (res)
       {
         var c = DB.Category.GetCategory(_converterSettings.Current.Document, cat);
diff --git a/Converters/Revit/Speckle.Converters.RevitShared/ToSpeckle/TopLevel/ElementTopLevelConverterToSpeckle.cs b/Converters/Revit/Speckle.Converters.RevitShared/ToSpeckle/TopLevel/ElementTopLevelConverterToSpeckle.cs
index ba70f6c99..cb38a7464 100644
--- a/Converters/Revit/Speckle.Converters.RevitShared/ToSpeckle/TopLevel/ElementTopLevelConverterToSpeckle.cs
+++ b/Converters/Revit/Speckle.Converters.RevitShared/ToSpeckle/TopLevel/ElementTopLevelConverterToSpeckle.cs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public override RevitElement Convert(DB.Element target)
       ? symbol.FamilyName
       : "no family";
     string category = target.Category?.Name ?? "no category";
-    List<Speckle.Objects.Geometry.Mesh> displayValue = _displayValueExtractor.GetDisplayValue(target);
+    List<Objects.Geometry.Mesh> displayValue = _displayValueExtractor.GetDisplayValue(target);
 
     RevitElement speckleElement =
       new()
diff --git a/Converters/Revit/Speckle.Converters.RevitShared/ToSpeckle/TopLevel/RailingTopLevelConverterToSpeckle.cs b/Converters/Revit/Speckle.Converters.RevitShared/ToSpeckle/TopLevel/RailingTopLevelConverterToSpeckle.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e7f08d676
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Converters/Revit/Speckle.Converters.RevitShared/ToSpeckle/TopLevel/RailingTopLevelConverterToSpeckle.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+using Speckle.Converters.Common;
+using Speckle.Converters.RevitShared.Helpers;
+using Speckle.Converters.RevitShared.Settings;
+using Speckle.Converters.RevitShared.ToSpeckle;
+
+namespace Speckle.Converters.Revit2023.ToSpeckle.TopLevel;
+
+[NameAndRankValue(nameof(DBA.Railing), NameAndRankValueAttribute.SPECKLE_DEFAULT_RANK)]
+public class RailingTopLevelConverterToSpeckle : BaseTopLevelConverterToSpeckle<DBA.Railing, SOBR.RevitElement>
+{
+  private readonly DisplayValueExtractor _displayValueExtractor;
+  private readonly IConverterSettingsStore<RevitConversionSettings> _converterSettings;
+
+  public RailingTopLevelConverterToSpeckle(
+    DisplayValueExtractor displayValueExtractor,
+    IConverterSettingsStore<RevitConversionSettings> converterSettings
+  )
+  {
+    _displayValueExtractor = displayValueExtractor;
+    _converterSettings = converterSettings;
+  }
+
+  public override SOBR.RevitElement Convert(DBA.Railing target)
+  {
+    string family = target.Document.GetElement(target.GetTypeId()) is DB.FamilySymbol symbol
+      ? symbol.FamilyName
+      : "no family";
+    string category = target.Category?.Name ?? "no category";
+    var displayValue = _displayValueExtractor.GetDisplayValue(target);
+
+    var topRail = _converterSettings.Current.Document.GetElement(target.TopRail);
+    var topRailDisplayValue = _displayValueExtractor.GetDisplayValue(topRail);
+
+    displayValue.AddRange(topRailDisplayValue);
+
+    SOBR.RevitElement speckleElement =
+      new()
+      {
+        type = target.Name,
+        category = category,
+        family = family,
+        displayValue = displayValue
+      };
+
+    speckleElement["units"] = _converterSettings.Current.SpeckleUnits;
+
+    return speckleElement;
+  }
+}