Pretty standard stuff with me–LaBelle #106 white grease for gears and #108 light oil for everything else. I’ve got mostly steamers, and the #108 keeps all the eccentric gear’ clanking’ at bay, LOL! Good stuff, I’ve used it for years.
Tom
I have a set of the Labelle lubricants. There are two weights of oil and a tube of grease. There is also an electrically conductive lubricant (can’t remember the brand) that I use where electricity has to pass through. Finally I have powedered graphite. I use it mainly for needle point bearings in trucks. I have found it lasts longer than liquid lubrication. I do NOT use graphite where electricity might pass and spark because it can catch fire.
Typical of my unconventional ways - I use vasalene ! I’ve seen way too many engines (even from the factory) where the oil has leached beyond where it’s supposed to be. Once this leaching starts to happen, it’s nothing but a magnet for dust and dirt to accumulate onto - which will ultimately get to the wheel faces. Any lubrication should stay IN the gear-case - not find its way out. Bronze axle bushings should not be lubricated - they should be clean, polished and dry for best electrical transmission.
A second benefit to the non-leaching properties of vasalene is that it can also act as a packing grease which will really quiet down sloppy gear trains. I have a few old Athearn BB engines that have their gear boxes packed with vasalene for as long as I can remember - the outer gear case is still dry, and run as quiet as any of my Atlas counterparts.
Mark.
I use Labelle 102.