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cleaning track Operation and maintenance
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Regular poster 335 posts taholmes160 Regular poster 335 posts
taholmes160

Hi Folks;

Seem to be developing a problem here -- probably related to the current high humidity in the area.  My trackwork seems to be getting dirty quite rapidly -- to the point that locomotives wont run properly.  I have a mix of atlas and Microengineering track.  Ive been using a chunk of masonite to clean it but I'm wondering if thats appropriate, is there a preventative?

 

Thanks

TIM
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rickwade Prolific poster (deceased) 6,447 posts
rickwade

Much has been said about this

Much has been said about this subject on this forum.  Suggest that you use the search feature to find the postings.

Rick

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Dave K skiloff Prolific poster 4,031 posts
Dave K skiloff

As Rick said

Here are a couple links, including the first one from an MRH article by Trevor Marshall...

http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/magazine/mrh-2015-05-may/fight-dirty-rails-with-graphite

And this article by Brent Ciccone:

http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/magazine/mrh-2014-07-jul/track-cleaning-experiments

And a general post on better performance with graphite:

http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/18236

Dave
Playing around in HO and N scale since 1976
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peter-f Prolific poster 1,534 posts
peter-f

Another tool Suggested In another thread

https://forum.mrhmag.com/post/other-uses-for-non-model-railroad-things-12210696

For Spot cleanup, I use a foam-backed emery board... the 'polish' grade.

There are some with progressively finer grit, but I'd always go to the finest to finish... scratches are a bad thing to leave behind.
- regards

Peter
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