1950's Era HO Industrial Switching Layout
Views of some of what is happening on my 1950's switching layout, a work in progress.
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Clean Machine
Anyone who operates a model railroad knows about dirty track. After while as the track becomes more and more dirty the problems with locomotives losing sound or dead spots stalling locomotives become an issue.
Needing the means to clean track, I modified a gondola with the installation of a skid pad that accepts replaceable cleaning pads. The skid pad is spring loaded allowing the pad to bear down on the rails it is passing over.
I use a rail cleaner on the pad like ACT-6006 which does a good job of cleaning the rail.
The gondola allows weight to be placed in it keeping the pad firmly pressing on the rail as the gondola is pulled or pushed by one of the switching locomotives.
