Yes, your locomotives will develop less adhesion. Periodically, I place a drop of oil on each rail, and let the locomotive carry it around. The preferred way to do it is to run around my Centerline car with the roller soaked with the oil. He is also running DCC, and all metal wheels.įor oil, I simply use LaBelle 108 oil. He goes down into the basement, fires up the railroad, and runs away. Due to his job responsibilities, it is not uncommon that his railroad will go for six months without running. He is in a very dry environment, but his basement is not dusty either. I also go through a wheel cleaning about every five years, which I may do more often once I get operating sessions running more frequently.Ī friend of mine in Alberta had big problems with dirty track. Plastic wheels are a prescription for disaster. I need to emphasise that all my rolling stock has metal wheels. Once I find problem areas, thorough cleaning makes the problems go away.
The only time I have problems with conductivity is when I paint my tracks. with a 20x3 double deck extension complete with helix and 8 track staging yard (all reverse loop tracks).
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I don't have an overly dusty environment, and my basement is about as dust free as could be hoped for, with a drop ceiling, and a HEPA filter running continuously (but slightly undersized for the room size, I really need two). The primary benefit of track oiling is to prevent oxidation of the tracks.įor starters, let me state where I live, the Chicago Illinois area. IIRC, they even went so far as to spread minute amounts of Noxema creme on the tracks. Years ago, there was an article in RMC, which basically stated that just about any oil will improve performance. The big problem is those plastic wheel sets that attract all the dirt and spread it around the layout. I plan to do another track cleaning session this season as well, but inspection of the metal wheelsets show virtually no 'crud' on the metal wheel sets.įrom my experiance, the Wahl clipper oil is a temperary 'fix' to get things running.
I did this between Christmas and New Year of 2003. Once the track was clean, all engine wheels were cleaned and I replaced all freight car wheels with P2K metal wheel sets. Last year I cleaned all of my track with a TTX track cleaning car(loaded with laquer thinner) and a 'sled' car with a masonite/drywall sanding pad on the bottom. It also loosens the 'crud' on the wheels of your cars and spreads that around the layout. O - The oil mixes with the 'crud' and moves to thet side of the rail. O - The rail is more slippery, and my engines do not handle as many cars up the 'hill' on my layout. I used to use the stuff, and it really works to improve the electrical pickup.
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