LGB Trackcleaner

[Round n Round]

oh, and i met trever, hes ok

So Sheila is the mate for life and I am just some bloke you met eh :brokeheart:

 

[mike]

oh, and i met trever, hes ok

So Sheila is the mate for life and I am just some bloke you met eh :brokeheart:

moral quandary.. do i asnwer
mates for life matey

 

[Kaine]

LGB does not recommend to use the loc on gradients going up, only down.
I managed to ruin the track cleaning motor on a 4% gradient going up.

 

[Bredebahn]

I've just broken one of the screws that hold the cleaning wheels in place. I'd be willing to pay for a replacement if anyone has one?

Did you sort this Mel? If not, might be worth posting a picture so we know what screw you're talking about. It's easy to break the plastic post that holds the whole assembly in place as well, but also easy to fix if I recall........

 

[yb281]

I've just broken one of the screws that hold the cleaning wheels in place. I'd be willing to pay for a replacement if anyone has one?

Did you sort this Mel? If not, might be worth posting a picture so we know what screw you're talking about. It's easy to break the plastic post that holds the whole assembly in place as well, but also easy to fix if I recall........

Thanks John. I'm in the process of sending a pic to Bruce, he thinks he may have one. I'll let you know how we get on.

 

[Deleted member 1326]

Clive,
We have a track cleaning loco on the B&BCRR and have been using it for coming on 6yrs without any major problems, I have had on occasion the same problem of the abrasive wheels out gripping the drive wheels but generally adjustment of the speed of the abrasive wheels clears the fault (In case you don't know that is the little black knob on the top) another way is to send it around the track in the opposite direction, this can also assist. We have 3% grades on our RR and it copes with these quite satisfactory but as has been said DO ensure the track is dry.
When running I generally have a cleaning truck in the consist and clean / scrape the crud off about every 45 mins or so, this is more important when running loco's that don't have pickup skates as well.
hope this helps.
regards.