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cleaning freight truck wheels
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I take the trucks completely off the car, then clean them in an ultrasonic cleaner. I have sufficient extra trucks to put the car back into service with no down time. I do not do all the cars at once as I do not have sufficient extra trucks for all of them. I do a few every week on a continuous basis. I keep the track and loco drivers clean as well. Doing it this way, I never have trouble with dirty wheels, and the track seems to require less effort to keep clean. I use plain tap water with 2 drops of Palmolive dish detergent to a quart of water in the sonic cleaner. The big problem with the sonic cleaner I have found is that the clear coated chalk weathering comes off about as quickly as the gunk. I have now started a campaign to do all freight car truck weathering with solvent based paints. I hope it works. I have made the switch to metal wheelsets, and that has also helped keep things cleaner. Hopefully,one day a manufacturer will produce track that does not require cleaning and will also produce self-cleaning wheelsets. What will we do with all the free time? <br /> <br />Keep the steam up. <br /> <br />Tom
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