reconditioning Lionel track

[Anonymous]

Bob,

that was what I needed (and my grandson needed :-)

Thanks a zillion/Fader

[lionelsoni]

Try this: http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?page=-1&TOPIC_ID=22553&REPLY_ID=214991#214991

[Anonymous]

I searched and found nothing on the topic. My son's Lionel is around 12 years old and now it is time to pass it on to my grandson :-)

When we last used this train, maybe 8-9 years ago, the track was getting pretty dodgy. It is now rusty, so it is going to be even worse, though I haven't tried it yet. I feel pretty competent to clean and lube the engine, but I'd like some advice on the track.

I know better than to use steel wool, as the detrius could get into the engine and really mess that up. I tried an eraser, and that didn't do the job at all. Is there a standard method to clean track well enough to sue the train, at least temporarily? I'd like for him to run it around the Christmas tree, so I suppose I should have thought of this earlier, but I just now found it in the storage building.

TIA/The Fader