brass and nickle silver

[Brakie]

You can't paint the rail head...only the sides. I could care less about oxidation on the sides. Painting the sides will not affect corrosion on the top surface. Rather, regular running will polish the high iron...regardless as to what the high iron is made out of.

I don't think that you can make the claim that Linn Westcott killed brass...I never read his work until after I'd learned on my own that brass track was a waste of money. Why didn't RMC run a series of tests to prove that their rival's editor was wrong? I would expect the makers of brass track were not too happy about an editor shredding a product...regardless as to the accuracy of the statements.

Simple RMC had the same track advertisers that MR did.Its not good policy to unset the hand that feeds you.Never forgot RMC would follow MR lead..Ever wonder how the great G&D,V&O and other great layouts ended up in both magazines?

Linn Westcott was a very influential MR editor that remains unrivaled to this day...Even Hal Carsten never reach that plateau.

Cleaning the rail is a sure stopper on oxidation..