brass and nickle silver

[Brakie]

Ralph,
Food for thought..
1.Brass track needs more cleaning then NS..
Perhaps
But,
Why all the topics on cleaning track if NS track stays cleaner?

Why is there a need to use chemicals(Gleam,90% Alcohol WD40 etc) to keep it clean longer?

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I suspect a lot of "drity track" problems arent from oxidation, but from 1) dust and lint [if my furniture gets dusty in a week, shouldn't my rails should accumulate the same dust?]; 2) oil and grease from locomotives; 3) plastic particles wearing off of plastic wheelsets.

One is going to have to clean rails regardless, whether brass or NS.

Kevin,I also suspect many are overly concern about keeping their track clean.

As you may recall the Bucyrus club is located at the fair grounds in a block building.It can be 3-6 weeks before somebody decides to run a train during our "off" months(no open houses)..They simply put their train on the layout and go without cleaning track.I ran a short train 3 weeks ago and didn't clean track and no problems...

Now according to the worriers our trains should run jerkily because of "dirty" track but,they don't.

Even during the 8 days of the county fair the track gets a lick and promise with 91% alcohol once a day and no problems.