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Re: First Third Party product for the LEGO(r) Trains market?
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Date: 
Mon, 28 Apr 2003 04:19:42 GMT
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It's true the power comes from the inside top corner of the rail,
but if you look closer at the wheels on your train motor, you'll
see that there is a rubber O-ring which makes contact with the
*top* of the rail.  I think most of the tractive force comes from
this O-ring pressing down on the tracks and if there's oil (think
finger prints, etc...) on the track, there could be a loss of traction.
Seems like it would make sense to clean the O-rings, as well.

Mark

"ondrew hartigan" <roj2323@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:HE1Bst.KI2@lugnet.com...
I hate to get on someone's bad side right away but isn't this track • cleaner
cleaning the wrong part of the track? Unlike all other scales of trains • Lego
trains get the power from the inside part of the rail. So basically this
track cleaner isn't going to do much except make the track shinny.
OnDrew



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  Re: First Third Party product for the LEGO(r) Trains market?
 
(...) But wouldn't a piece of clothing and water-soap do the trick? 104$ for a gadget that will probably take more time cleaning the track than what you'd take to wide it clean with a cloth, it seems expansive to me. Furthemore, isn't it a waste of (...) (22 years ago, 28-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)

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  Re: First Third Party product for the LEGO(r) Trains market?
 
I hate to get on someone’s bad side right away but isn’t this track cleaner cleaning the wrong part of the track? Unlike all other scales of trains Lego trains get the power from the inside part of the rail. So basically this track cleaner isn’t (...) (22 years ago, 28-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)

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