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Track cleaning/Locomotive wheel cleaning
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yes, go with the nickel-silver wheels for sure. I like to clean my loco wheels with a Kadee powered cleaning block. Its a red plastic thing with alligator clips and wire brushes. You clip it to the rails, turn on the power and put the wheels on the brushes. In about a minute you can clean a whole loco!. I've never had any trouble with bright boys except you shouldnt use them often. If i neglect to run trains for awhile, i clean the track thoroughly with a bright boy and then get the track cleaning cars running like normal. I have at least 2 running all the time. I use those $4 kits with the fiber pad that you mount underneath a boxcar. They seem to work fine. I see no need for the $100+ track cleaners. If i get lazy, i have a car i built like the ones mentioned above except with a bright boy underneath. You cant run it very often, but its an alternative to scouring the track by hand. <br /> <br />Hope this helps.
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