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Re: Dirty Track
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Date: 
Fri, 28 Jan 2000 10:43:27 GMT
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On Fri, 28 Jan 2000, Cliff Olson (<Fp15CB.FKJ@lugnet.com>) wrote at
05:16:59

Does anyone have a way to keep that nasty black stuff from getting all over
the rails of your layout? I just went through a whole box of kleenex getting
my track clean again.

Model railway people use something like an eraser. IIRC, here in the UK
they're called track cleaning rubbers.

Judicious use of IPA on a cloth may be effective, but I don't know if it
affects ABS, so try it on a useless bit first.

--
Tony Priestman



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I recall that someone around here made a car that cleaned the rail as it went. If I remember correctly they mounted a piece of foam rubber to the last car of the train. It would clean the track on every pass. Does anyone else recall it or have the (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)

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Does anyone have a way to keep that nasty black stuff from getting all over the rails of your layout? I just went through a whole box of kleenex getting my track clean again. And where exactly does that black stuff come from anyway? Cliff (24 years ago, 28-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)

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