09-22-2009, 08:55 PM
[I think that perhaps more running may eventually lead to more track cleaning, although DC is not as fussy as DCC - we'll see. The majority of my rolling stock is still equipped with plastic wheelsets, too - sorta gives lie to the bad rap these have received in the past. 
Wayne[/quote]
Wayne let me tell you about plastic wheels our modular club had a 15 day set up in a large building that had end doors that opened to let the breeze through (you know dust ect) any way we tried a experment and ran only metal wheeles on one set of tracks and plastic mix on the other and low and behold the one with just metal wheels needed cleaned two or three times a day the one that had the plastic wheels needed cleaned only at the start of that days run.so me thinks plastic wheels might not be as bad as led to belive.
jim
Wayne[/quote]
Wayne let me tell you about plastic wheels our modular club had a 15 day set up in a large building that had end doors that opened to let the breeze through (you know dust ect) any way we tried a experment and ran only metal wheeles on one set of tracks and plastic mix on the other and low and behold the one with just metal wheels needed cleaned two or three times a day the one that had the plastic wheels needed cleaned only at the start of that days run.so me thinks plastic wheels might not be as bad as led to belive.
jim