Brite-Boys: Good, Bad or Indifferent?

[bogp40]

Examine a piece of "dirty" track with a good 10X magnification lens

Thanks for proving what I been suspecting for years..If one needs a microscope to see the scratches then they're to small to be concern with.

First a 10X magnification is by no means a microscope.  Second if we aren't concerned with things too small to be seen with the naked eye then the dirt on shouldn't be a concern right? I certainly can't see it.  So, that's true what it the point of this whole thread? Track cleaning should not be an issue.

 

Depends on how one worries about clean track..At the Bucyrus club we haven't clean track since July and we have no problems running trains.

Again if we need to use 10x magnifier then we are talking about scratches that must be micro sized..

Perhaps there is a need to review the very basics of the hobby?

That club must be DC, as you know that DCC is a bit more finicky about clean track.