shaygetz said:Who makes a good track cleaning car or train or whatever ?
I make my own, using a small masonite pad under a rail car. It is mounted to two roofing nails that protrude up into the bottom of a boxcar and then dragged around the layout with every other train.
What parts on an engine get oiled and what kind of oil ?
I only oil the motor bearings and any wheel bearings that are metal to metal. Make sure your oil is plastic compatible. I use a good plastic compatible grease on all gears and any plastic to metal or plastic to plastic wheel bearings. Remember---less is more---don't overdo it.
What kind of solder is best for the track ?
I use a 30 watt iron and a 50/50 tin/lead solid core solder and a good rosin paste flux.
eightyeightfan1 said:I do have the Centerline Products track cleaner, left over from my N scale days. I would highly recomend that. I want to get one for HO.
JC answered your other questions.
eightyeightfan1 said:I do have the Centerline Products track cleaner, left over from my N scale days. I would highly recomend that. I want to get one for HO.
JC answered your other questions.
eightyeightfan1 said:Those are the new designs. Supposedly, you can adapt boxcar bodies to them. But they do work well
The one I have is the original design. Its a heavy brass(even in N scale), triangular in shape, with the roller in the center Micro-Trains trucks and couplers. It was well worth the price. And I was quite pleased with it.
Hence wanting the HO version.
The only problem with the original design was it didn't look protypical. I was thinking of painting it MOW orange and assigning it a CNE road number.