Hello my fellow modelers, i am just wondering…For those of you with larger layouts or a lot of track, whats the best n scale track cleaning car or method? I have several harder to reach areas on my layout plus it seems that there is always dust or top of my rails just from lack of use as well as ongoing building etc. There has to be a decent track cleaning car or method or at least better than using the brite boy and elbow grease lol…Thanks everyone!
Ahhh…the quest for the best. [ip]
- Everyone who plunks down $170 for a CMX car thinks it’s the best
- Everyone who gleams their track thinks that is the best
- Everyone who puts Wahl oil, transmission fluid or No-Ox on their track think that’s the best.
I have to agree with Henry![Y][Y] I have a CMX and it is the best.[:D]
When I bought mine it must have cost around $50 a long time ago. I can’t remember the cost but I know I wouldn’t have paid more than $50 for a cleaner. It does work very good.
Mel
My Model Railroad
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Bakersfield, California
I’m beginning to realize that aging is not for wimps.
The Best…
https://tonystrains.com/product/cmx-clean-machinetm-n-scale
If You can afford it…
I have a couple HO CMX cars…one was a gift…30yrs. ago:
I also have got some others prior to the CMX, but nothing came close to it’s performance. I use what they recommend for fluid…Lacquer thinner. When drip rate is correcttly set, You don’t even smell it and will not damage any track, like some others would complain about sometimes. Read instructions throughly!
Take Care! [:D]
Frank
One more vote for the CMX tank car. A little pricey, but indispensable for hard-to-reach truss bridges and tunnels and back corners, but those areas only take up about 10% of the layout.
My best and most reliable track cleaner is the old Number 1 finger wrapped in cheesecloth (or an old diaper or t-shirt) and dipped in denatured alcohol. Cost: zero.
Robert