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I took a 2' piece of 1" x 4" board nailed a 15" pc. of HO and N scale flex track to it, soldered wires to each track and crimped terminals on the other end to attach to an old power pack, wet a small piece of an old tee shirt rag with denatured alcohol lay it accross the track place one truck on the rail the other on the wet rag turm the power up to about 50% and watch the black crud come off, do the same for all trucks the run them on a dry pc of tee shirt rag, roll your cars over the same way back and forth wet then dry, I model both HO & N . Don't like to use the track on my layouts for this to much scenery. I had bought on of those electric wire brush units but I was advised not to use it as it makes fine scratches in metal wheels that will collect more dirt so I returned it. I also clean my track with denatured alcohol on a pc. of old tee shirt. <br />Hope this helps <br />Beeline
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