loathar wrote:I used to have one that was a half caboose and half tanker. (Kind of a work train caboose) It had a felt pad on the bottom and you filled the tanker with fluid.I wish I could find another one. I think it was a Roundhouse kit. (does this ring a bell with anyone?)
It's a Life Like model. I have the same one. Actually have a couple of them, one I use, and a NIB one that is stashed away somewhere. I don't fill the tank. I just wet the felt pad with rubbing alcohol, and let it run.
Rotor
Jake: How often does the train go by? Elwood: So often you won't even notice ...
I recommend the CMX Track Cleaning Car, does a great job of removing gunk from the rail and keeping it clean for a long time! Walther's has it on sale for $114.98. Worth every penny!
I also have a John Allen slider car too that I run behind it!
Cheers,
Ryan
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
Rotorranch wrote: loathar wrote:I used to have one that was a half caboose and half tanker. (Kind of a work train caboose) It had a felt pad on the bottom and you filled the tanker with fluid.I wish I could find another one. I think it was a Roundhouse kit. (does this ring a bell with anyone?)It's a Life Like model. I have the same one. Actually have a couple of them, one I use, and a NIB one that is stashed away somewhere. I don't fill the tank. I just wet the felt pad with rubbing alcohol, and let it run.Rotor
Never seen one of those before. LLT may have done something useful for once. Wish I had one in BN, my track is filthy, and I have no cars that I'd use for cleaning track.
Vincent
Wants: 1. high-quality, sound equipped, SD40-2s, C636s, C30-7s, and F-units in BN. As for ones that don't cost an arm and a leg, that's out of the question....
2. An end to the limited-production and other crap that makes models harder to get and more expensive.
I have several:
1. Aztec boxcar with Cratex roller - best track cleaner I've used.
2. Walther's boxcar with Bright-Boy-type sliding pad - next best track cleaner (need to get a replacement pad because it now has grooves in it)
3. Center-Line track cleaning car - slightly behind Walther's car above. I originally started using Goo-Gone but found that it left an undesireable residue. Now I use it dry as I haven't found a solvent that works and doesn't want to hurt me. (Solvent recommendations encouraged.)
4. MNP track cleaning boxcar (has a pair of little motors in the which spin fuzzy pads) - doesn't clean the track even if you let it sit in-place overnight.
John H.
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I use a CMX tank car with Goo-Gone. It's safe and easy to use, and does a reasonably good job.
I just use the old masonite pad fixed to the underside of a freight car. They are nothing flash, usually one of the old athearn boxcars with a couple of holes drilled through the bottom and two short flathead nails glued to the surface of the masonite so the pad can slide easily over the track. I colour the edges of the masonite pad with a black texta to try and hide them from the rivet counters. I have a lot of these cars and run them constantly in most of the freight operations. Hardly ever have any problems with dirty track.
Regards from Downunder
I use a very fine sanding pad that floats underneath an SW1500 switcher. Made by Stewart ( I think). Picked it up at a shop in Wisconsin so many years ago I don't remember when. My oldest is 30 and it was before that. Works great for me.
Archie
Hi Everyone,
I have three different typs of track cleaning cars, i have three revell cleaning cars that have what looks like two stones, you need a big boy to pull them, i have a hopper that has two valves on top to control the fluid and a pickup pad underneeth that does very well, and a caboose with a bright boy under it, which does very well also, also i use a rag to wipe the tracks down it seems that house spiders like to hook there webs to the track, guys i do have a question, WHAT DIFFERENT TYPES OF METAL POLISH DO YOU USE TO KEEP YOUR TRACKS CLEAN FOR SUCH A LONG TIME?????? i have all brass, except a few places that i had to use nickel track,
Thank You Earl
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