02-18-2015, 03:47 AM
River Witch 14 Wrote:Bear,not that I see your track cleaning car, I seem to remember making one just like it many years ago and it worked really well.
What I did on mine was to glue a couple of pennies to the tops of the dowels that connect to the bass wood pad
Hmmmm, not sure why you can't see my photo but we are talking about the same thing. Living in an active geothermal area with hydrogen sulfide playing havoc with electrical continuity, we tend to run track cleaning cars as part of the normal consist, 5 or six cars with masonoite pads can cause enough drag without adding weights to the pads.
If there is an upside, nickel silver track gets the weathered look without any effort from myself.
Cheers, the Bear.
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