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<blockquote class="quote" style="margin:20px;padding:8px;border:1px dotted #999999;background:#f4f4f4;font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> <div class="quote-user" style="font-size:12px;font-weight:bold;margin:0px 0px 10px;font-style:italic;">SeeYou190</div> <div class="quote-content" style="font-size:12px;">OK, we know that nickel silver track still needs to be cleaned, just see all the threads about this. The conductive oxide promise did not formulate well.</div> </blockquote> <div class="quote-footer" style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> </div> <p style="margin:1em 0px;font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> </p> <p style="margin:1em 0px;font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">All track no mater what material will need to be cleaned if you want to have electrical conductivity.  Dust is not very conductive (its made of dead skin cells, animal dander, hair particles, etc).</p> <p style="margin:1em 0px;font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> </p> <div class="quote-header" style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> </div> <blockquote class="quote" style="margin:20px;padding:8px;border:1px dotted #999999;background:#f4f4f4;font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> <div class="quote-user" style="font-size:12px;font-weight:bold;margin:0px 0px 10px;font-style:italic;">SeeYou190</div> <div class="quote-content" style="font-size:12px;">Why do we not have a better, and more expensive, option to choose from? There must be something better to make model rail from. Some sort of stainless steel? Some semi-precious alloy?</div> </blockquote> <div class="quote-footer" style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> </div> <p style="margin:1em 0px;font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> </p> <p style="margin:1em 0px;font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">It has to be soft enough to cut with standard tools, otherwise you will need to purchase more expensive tools to cut your rail.</p> <p style="margin:1em 0px;font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">[quote user="Track fiddler"]So my point is.  Would stainless steel rail and stainless steel track joiners be a better solution. [/quote]</p> <p style="margin:1em 0px;font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">No, see above and below.</p> <p style="margin:1em 0px;font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">[quote user="Track fiddler"]Especially in the size of our little tinsel tail rails I don't think it would be that expensive.[/quote]</p> <p style="margin:1em 0px;font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Manufacturers would likely have to re-tool to make Stainless rail.  That is going to be added to the cost of your rail.  It is harder than N-S.  Tooling will wear out faster.  Added to the cost of the rail.</p> <p style="margin:1em 0px;font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">[quote user="Track fiddler"]Guess what,  the stuff came off easily I never had a problem with that.  Maybe black gunk would too.[/quote]</p> <p style="margin:1em 0px;font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Have you tried wiping with Isopropyl alcohol?  CMX tank car cleaner (albeit expensive) works pretty well (my club uses one on our layout at shows) typically we run it once per day.  Track gets dirty at shows very quickly.   The black gunk wipes off with a paper towel wetted with Isopropyl alcohol (locomotive wheels must be cleaned as well).  </p> <p style="margin:1em 0px;font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Just dont let the cleaning car sit still with the drip running.....causes um.. ballast "issues".</p> <p style="margin:1em 0px;font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> </p>
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