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Track cleaners

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Posted by Autonerd on Wednesday, November 10, 2021 2:33 PM

There's no substitute for a Bright Boy...

At our club (which has stainless steel rail) we run a track-cleaning train with some combination of: an abrasive (bright boy-style) car, one or two CMX cars loaded with alcohol, a car with a soft pad, followed by a car with a powerful magnet (that pulls up a surprising amount of debris). We use this for the mainline and will run it through the yards sometimes, but we primarily do the yards by hand. Every year or two we clean all the readily-accessible track by hand.

Aaron

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  • From: Bakersfield, CA 93308
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Posted by RR_Mel on Wednesday, November 10, 2021 1:21 PM

When I was into G gauge I had a Centerline Track cleaner, worked great!!!!!

I bought an HO gauge CMX about 12 years ago and it has worked flawlessly, best investment I’ve made for my model railroad.  I use Aero Car Hobby Lubricants ACT-6006 for cleaning my rails.  The combination has kept my trains running error free for 12 years.



Mel


 
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    July 2006
  • From: 4610 Metre's North of the Fortyninth on the left coast of Canada
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Posted by BATMAN on Wednesday, November 10, 2021 1:18 PM

Two things I really regret not buying years before I did are my CMX track cleaning car and a soldering station. Both worth every penny extra.

Brent

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Posted by rrebell on Wednesday, November 10, 2021 1:11 PM

CMX,  got rid of my centerline.

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Track cleaners
Posted by Ronvaaw9c on Wednesday, November 10, 2021 12:54 PM

What's the consensus of the best track cleaner. Sure a big price difference between centerline and cmx.

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