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Cleaning and polishing NS rail with NS rail

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Posted by dbduck on Tuesday, November 20, 2018 9:05 AM

I take a short piece of scrap NS track 3-6"  in length flip it upside down  and at right angle to the layout track (rail head to rail head) & move it along the top of the rails with moderate pressure

Use it as you would any other type of track cleaning material or tool. Since both the track & "cleaner" are of the same material, density etc..there is vertually no risk of damage to the track....   scratching, pitting, nicking, etc

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Posted by B. Bryce on Tuesday, November 20, 2018 7:07 AM

Not sure how to do that.  Could you elaborate?

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Posted by dbduck on Monday, November 19, 2018 2:04 PM

old school...LOL

Just remember to turn off track power Tongue Tied

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Monday, November 19, 2018 2:03 PM

This sounds similar to "gleaming" using a stainless steel flat washer.

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-Kevin

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Living the dream.

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Cleaning and polishing NS rail with NS rail
Posted by dbduck on Monday, November 19, 2018 1:57 PM

I am curious if anyone else has ever used a short piece of NS track (3-6") to clean & "polish" the track on their  layouts.

I have been doing this for quite awhile now & seem to have decent success

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