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I had that same experience with that product and after extensive use I gave it to a fellow with a small layout. I have almost a tenth of a mile of mainline, grades, tunnels, yards, industrial areas and car storage yards. Keeping the tracks clean used to be a chore, not to speak of cleaning all those wheels. No more! They'res no such thing as dirty wheels or grimy track any more. I also use sound in some of my locomotives, so dirt is a problem that I've had to address. I've made several track cleaning machines over the years and my current one has been operating successfully for about three years. That said, let's rectify your problem. 1.Use your eraser sparingly as it's etching the tops of the rail so grime has a place to hold on to! 2. A bottle of "GOO GONE" will take the oily substance off your tracks! 3. The applicator to use is a rag. My track cleaning cars-I built four to speed up the clean up- are similar to the "Centerline" track car. Mine weighs about a pound and requires four locomotives to pull it. The roller, a brass drum shape is covered with a cloth that you see in use in commercial eateries by the cooks and kitchen help. I strip up these cloths and wrap one around the brass roller nad hold it in place with a small elastic that girls wear in there hair. The elastic allows the car to go back and forth easily. The main reason for the elastic is to retard the rolling motion of the roller and thus the track comes cleaner in less time. On my layout once around the layout and I had to change the rag. Those were the days. This is taking to much time, if you'd like to hear more, I've just begun. The bottom line here is that I can run 100 car trains easily now that I've perfected my cleaning operations. Too bad your in Canada as I make videos and I could show you first hand. enough said.
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