and of course variations in rolling stock and motive power-keeping all trinas to a single car as the track work is a bit rocky
Difference between POLA Susch and Madulain station kits?
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oddly the cleaning loco goes right over with no issues-i have reversed the cleaning wheels so they pull -and its enough extra grip to make it climb rather more than well!
so that was my xmas-along with a nice bottle of Islay and an overwhelming amount of shortbread (reasons unko9wn but i do love the stuff!)
so that was my xmas-along with a nice bottle of Islay and an overwhelming amount of shortbread (reasons unko9wn but i do love the stuff!)
stevedenver said:
Does it still clean? I've thought of doing this as it has pshed apart a couple of loose track joiners. Not such a big problem until they're in a slightly too long tunnel
SGR
yes it cleans quite well-obviously there is the factor of the differential between the loco rate of travel and the rate at which the cleaning wheels rotate-so i simply run mine in 'slow mode' altho it will still clean in race mode too-albeit lightly
to be honest i do see a bit less in 'first time over' polishing-this is in the way of 'zebra-ing' -but it still works well-so it will take 2-3 swipes instead of 1 (as an overall casual estimation-otoh this also means a bit less wear -perhaps??!
however the benefits are -the loco tracks muc more nicely through points, imho a great deal more smoothly
and does not stall on grades even with wet rails-on my line which does have grades-this is worth it to me having had the loco stall with wet or sap covered rails-it is what prompted me to reverse the grinding direction (which BTW, is entirely and easily reversed without alteration)
as it is nothing more than removing the cowel and the retaining strip and lowering the power block and reversing the motor leads-all of ten mintues max-you should simply see if you like it and works for you
yes it cleans quite well-obviously there is the factor of the differential between the loco rate of travel and the rate at which the cleaning wheels rotate-so i simply run mine in 'slow mode' altho it will still clean in race mode too-albeit lightly
to be honest i do see a bit less in 'first time over' polishing-this is in the way of 'zebra-ing' -but it still works well-so it will take 2-3 swipes instead of 1 (as an overall casual estimation-otoh this also means a bit less wear -perhaps??!
however the benefits are -the loco tracks muc more nicely through points, imho a great deal more smoothly
and does not stall on grades even with wet rails-on my line which does have grades-this is worth it to me having had the loco stall with wet or sap covered rails-it is what prompted me to reverse the grinding direction (which BTW, is entirely and easily reversed without alteration)
as it is nothing more than removing the cowel and the retaining strip and lowering the power block and reversing the motor leads-all of ten mintues max-you should simply see if you like it and works for you