Most of my pickup problems went away when I replaced my AM loco wheels with NWSL. I seldom clean rail or wheels unless I have been creating a construction mess. I do lightly oil the rails. I recently installed North yard mechanisms in 2 engines, so the jury is still out on them: no problems so far.
Peter, it sounds like you are doing too much cleaning! Roger nulton From: Peter Vanvliet Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 10:10 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Battery Power Thoughts.......... Hi Dave, My tests with applying metal polish to the rails helped remove all stalling problems for about two months and then it was back again. I am not a metal expert, but I did find that I have to clean the wheels of my American Models engines before each run. The SHS switcher I only clean before and after a club show. The RS-1 (north yard chassis) gets slightly dirtier easier than the SHS switcher. So, yes, when I mentioned dirty rail, I really meant dirty rail *and* dirty wheels (and the chore of cleaning the wheels too). - Peter. On 03/27/2013 11:58 am, ctxmf74 wrote: --- In [email protected], Peter Vanvliet mailto:groups@... wrote: a) I was tired of the stalling of the engines, and the subsequent cleaning-of-track chore. Are you sure it was a track problem and not a wheel problem? I never have problems with track but I have had locos with wheels that oxidized and caused them to stall, then the solution was just a new set of NWSL wheels..DaveBranum -- Peter Vanvliet ([email protected]) Houston, Texas My Model Railroad Site (RSS feed) Fourth Ray Software Houston S Gaugers N.A.S.G. --
