I have done this gleaming and polishing about 5 year ago, and I have to say that any track cleaning has been quicker and easier afterwards. It has been time to do it again foe about a year, so now I can not put it off. A lot of how much track and, most importantly, engine pick up wheels need cleaning, has to do with the quality of the train room sealing. I have none, so this type cleaning is needed. One happy camper.
Try Appling an ultra thin layer of graphite fills in the micropits and reduces microarcs. Couple swipes with an hb pencil in front of an engine then run the engine through and around the layout. Les is more with this.
Wellllll... Hell froze over... Last weeks storm...which is now hitting the East coast... gave us 18 inches of snow. You can see my Jeep covered in the snow early in the morning of the first day at about the 20 second mark on this ad now being broadcast on our local Fox channel on TV https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10153384632046359 The temperatures dropped to -10 at night for 2 days. brrrrrrrrr !! The electric went out and we spent 9.5 hours huddled in the living room with the dogs and boiling water on the stove...which is propane...for heat. The house is otherwise total electric which means...no furnace and no heat...and no fireplace !!!!! It was miserable until they got the electric back up. Went out yesterday to check on THERR. A quick assessment showed no major damage. A few buildings had walls that seperated. By the grace of the train gods the track looked unscathed !!! No buckling or twisting. The gaps between rail ends where wider then normal which I expected. After warming up the inside of THERR RV I went back out and cleaned track. I turned on the Command Center and turned the throttle knobs. The trains took off slowly...mostly because everything inside them was still pretty darned cold ! After a few laps they came back to normal running. I ran trains for about 3 hours. It felt good I tell ya
Yay!!! The trains are good! And the track too! Now it seems you should find a back up heater for the house of some sort, George! Stay warm!
Yea...most 'backups' need electricity...hmmmmm Maybe a propane 'torpedo' heater ? Light it...turn it off 1 minute later !!! Toasty warm for an hour at a time...LOL Although...snuggling under a blanket on the couch with THE Wife does have its advantages...just sayin.
Our house when I was growing up we had a carburetor regulated oil furnace. We were always toasty in winter. I am certain there are alternatives, even if wifey is a good frost preventer....
They make propane furnaces that allow you to ignite with a push button or a match in the event of a power outage. I'm thinking of getting a nat gas one to heat the basement for trains and for when the power goes out. Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk
Our water heater is gas fired. It has an no pilot light ignition which requires no electricity, not even a battery. When the power goes away, at least we still have hot water.
Infrared good sir. Will warm the water and baseboard pipes and ceiling joists and the floors upstairs no fan needed Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk
Interesting...but... Ours is a rental so we have to deal with what we got. One of the big reasons I built THERR in THE RV and mobile to start with. Back to the blanket on the couch with THE Wife if the power goes out again this winter.
The only time it ever really started getting cool in here, was one winter when that night it eventually reached 28 below zero. A nice, steamy hot shower with the bathroom door closed actually warms up the room.
And sooner or later ya have to open that bathroom door. And when you do...you can watch all that steam on the mirror turn to ice crystals right before your eyes !
Well at this point, you must turn around and play trains. So what's the end of the Internet like? Can you find your way back? Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk
